Matthew 4:2
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And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry.

fasted.

Exodus 24:18 And Moses entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain: And he was there forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 34:28 And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights: he neither ate bread nor drank water, and he wrote upon the tables the ten words of the covenant.

Deuteronomy 9:9,18,25 When I went up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you: and I continued in the mount forty days and nights, neither eating bread, nor drinking water. . . .

Deuteronomy 18:18 I will raise them up a prophet out of the midst of their brethren like to thee: and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

1 Kings 19:8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.

Luke 4:2 For the space of forty days, and was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.

he was.

Matthew 21:18 And in the morning, returning into the city, he was hungry.

Mark 11:12 And the next day when they came out from Bethania, he was hungry.

John 4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour.

Hebrews 2:14-17 Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that, through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is to say, the devil: . . .

Context
The Temptation of Jesus
1Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. 2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. 3And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.…
Cross References
Exodus 34:28
And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights: he neither ate bread nor drank water, and he wrote upon the tables the ten words of the covenant.

1 Kings 19:8
And he arose, and ate and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.

Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in:

Matthew 25:42
For I was hungry and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty and you gave me not to drink.

Lexicon
After fasting
νηστεύσας (nēsteusas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3522: To fast, abstain from food. From nestis; to abstain from food.

forty
τεσσεράκοντα (tesserakonta)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5062: Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.

days
ἡμέρας (hēmeras)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

forty
τεσσεράκοντα (tesserakonta)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5062: Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.

nights,
νύκτας (nyktas)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 3571: The night, night-time. A primary word; 'night'.

He was hungry.
ἐπείνασεν (epeinasen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3983: To be hungry, needy, desire earnestly. From the same as penes; to famish; figuratively, to crave.


Additional Translations
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

And having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.

There He fasted for forty days and nights; and after that He suffered from hunger.

When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.
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