Luke 4:2
“Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing : and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Being forty days tempted of the devil,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read the phrase,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Luke 4:1-14
On the temptation of Jesus, see the notes at Mat 4:1-11. Luk 4:2 Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Luke 4:1-13
The last words of the foregoing chapter, that Jesus was the Son of Adam, bespeak him to be the seed of the woman; being…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
forty days The number was connected in the Jewish mind with notions of seclusion, and revelation, and peril; Moses on…
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