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 the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry. 3And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4And Jesus answered him, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on 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

• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• being temptedπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: temptG3985
• by the devilδιάβολοςdiabolos · devilish/the DevilG1228
• And He ateἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• nothingοὐou · noG3756
• nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• duringἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thoseἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• and when they had endedσυντελέωsunteleō · to completeG4931
• He was hungryπεινάωpeinaō · to hungerG3983

Cross-references for Luke 4:2

• Exodus 24:18Then Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
• Exodus 34:28So he was there with the Lord for forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
• Deuteronomy 9:9When I went up to the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord made with you, then I remained on the mountain for forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.
• 1 Kings 19:8So he arose and ate and drank, and he journeyed in the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.
• Matthew 4:2And after He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry.
• Genesis 3:15And I will make enemies Of you and the woman, And of your offspring and her Descendant; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise Him on the heel.”
• 1 Samuel 17:16And the Philistine came forward morning and evening, and took his stand for forty days.
• Hebrews 2:18For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.
• Esther 4:16“Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants also will fast in the same way. And then I will go in to the king, which is not in accordance with the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
• Jonah 3:7And he issued a proclamation, and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: No person, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat, or drink water.
• Matthew 21:18Now in the early morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.
• John 4:6and Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired from His journey, was just sitting by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
• Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things just as we are, yet without 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
• Keep
• 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