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

1Yeshua, now filled with the Ruach ha-Kodesh, returned from the Jordan. He was led by the Ruach in the wilderness for forty days, being tested by the devil. Now He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry. 3The devil said to Him, “If You are Ben-Elohim, tell this stone to become bread.” 4Yeshua answered him, “It is 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 24:18So Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up onto the mountain. Moses was on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.
• Exodus 34:28So he stayed there with Adonai for 40 days and 40 nights, and he did not eat bread or drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant: the Ten Words.
• Deuteronomy 9:9When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that Adonai cut with you, I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights; I did not eat bread or drink water.
• 1 Kings 19:8So he arose and ate and drank, and in the strength of that meal forty days and forty nights went to Horeb, the mountain of God.
• Matthew 4:2After He had fasted for forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
• Genesis 3:15I will put animosity between you and the woman— between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel.
• 1 Samuel 17:16For forty days that Philistine would come out every morning and evening to present himself.
• Hebrews 2:18Because He Himself suffered when put to the test, He is able to help those being tested.
• Esther 4:16“Go! Gather together all the Jews who are in Shushan and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast in the same way. Afterwards, I will go in to the king, even though it is not according to the law. So if I perish, I perish!”
• Jonah 3:7He made a proclamation saying: “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles, no man or beast, herd or flock, may taste anything. They must not graze nor drink water.
• Matthew 21:18Now early in the morning, as He was returning to the city, He became hungry.
• John 4:6Now Jacob’s well was there. So Yeshua, exhausted from the journey, was sitting by the well. It was midday.
• Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a kohen gadol who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all the same ways—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