Luke 4:2

Luke 4:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
• New International Version (NIV)where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry.
• New King James Version (NKJV)being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry.

Context of Luke 4:2

1Now Jesus, full of [and in perfect communication with] the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they ended, He was hungry. 3Then the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command this stone to turn into bread.” 4Jesus replied to him, “It is written and forever remains written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’ ”

Luke 4:2 word by word

ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα πειραζόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου. καὶ οὐκ ἔφαγεν οὐδὲν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, καὶ συντελεσθεισῶν αὐτῶν ἐπείνασεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Beingπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: temptG3985
• fortyτεσσαράκονταtessarakonta · fortyG5062
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• temptedπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: temptG3985
• ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• the devilὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the devilδιάβολοςdiabolos · devilish/the DevilG1228
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thoseἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• he did eatφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
• nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• when theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• were endedσυντελέωsunteleō · to completeG4931
• heπεινάωpeinaō · to hungerG3983
• afterwardὕστερονhusteron · laterG5305
• ·οὐou · noG3756

Cross-references for Luke 4:2

• Exodus 24:18Moses entered the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain; and he was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
• Exodus 34:28Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread and drank no water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
• Deuteronomy 9:9When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water.
• 1 Kings 19:8So he got up and ate and drank, and with the strength of that food he traveled forty days and nights to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.
• Matthew 4:2After He had gone without food for forty days and forty nights, He became hungry.
• Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity (open hostility) Between you and the woman, And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed; He shall [fatally] bruise your head, And you shall [only] bruise His heel.”
• 1 Samuel 17:16The Philistine [Goliath] came out morning and evening, and took his stand for forty days.
• Hebrews 2:18Because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted, He is able to help and provide immediate assistance to those who are being tempted and exposed to suffering.
• Esther 4:16“Go, gather all the Jews that are present in Susa, and observe a fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids also will fast in the same way. Then I will go in to [see] the king [without being summoned], which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
• Jonah 3:7He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No man, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat or drink water.
• Matthew 21:18Now early in the morning, as Jesus was coming back to the city, He was hungry.
• John 4:6and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired as He was from His journey, sat down by the well. It was then about the sixth hour (noon).
• Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize and understand our weaknesses and temptations, but One who has been tempted [knowing exactly how it feels to be human] in every respect as we are, yet without [committing any] sin.

Commentaries on Luke 4:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-14Verses 1-14 On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Matthew 4:1-11. Luke 4:2 Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days he was “tried” in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which are recorded by Matthew and Luke did not take place until the forty days were finished. See Matthew 4:2-3. He did eat nothing - He was sustained by the power of God during this season of extraordinary fasting. Luke 4:13 Departed for a season…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2tempted by the devil: The term diabolos ("devil") is a Greek translation of the Hebrew satan, meaning “accuser” or “adversary” (1 Chronicles 21:1; Job 1:1–2:13; Zechariah 3:1–2). Luke uses both terms ("devil," Luke 4:3, 6, 13; 8:12; "Satan," 10:18; 11:18; 13:16; 22:3, 31). Satan tempted Adam and Eve and failed. Jesus is called the second Adam because he is a new beginning for humanity. He resisted temptation, unlike Adam and Eve. Because of this, he…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 4:2

• Fasting
• Hunger
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Satan
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Close
• Deliverance
• Gracious
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• Rebuke
• Temptation
• Antichrist
• Hunger
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of

Commentaries on Luke 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings