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Luke 4:2

King James Version (KJV)

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Luke 4:2

Verse 2 of 44

Scripture focus

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

Luke 4:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 4:2

Theological / Devotional

Forty days. Matthew makes it clear that the three major temptations came at the close of the 40 days (see on ch. 4:2, 3), a fact clear also from the latter part of Luke 4:2. When Jesus first entered the wilderness He was shut in, as it were, by the Father’s glory, and when the glory departed He was left alone to battle temptation (DA 118). Satan’s temptations continued during the entire 40 days of Jesus’ fast; the three mentioned in vs. 3-13 represented the climax of the temptations and came at the close of the period (see 2SP 90).

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