1 Of Christ’s temptation, and fasting. 16 He teacheth in Nazareth to the great admiration of all. 24 A Prophet that teacheth in his own country is condemned. 33 One possessed of the devil is cured. 38 Peter’s mother-in-law is healed, 40 and divers sick persons are restored to health. 41 The devils acknowledge Christ.

And [a]Jesus full of the holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by that Spirit into the wilderness,

(A)And was there forty days tempted of the devil, and in those days he did eat nothing, but when they were ended, he afterward was hungry.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:1 Christ being carried away (as it were out of the world, into the desert) after the fast of forty days, and the overcoming of Satan thrice, coming as it were suddenly from heaven, beginneth his office.

Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness(A)

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,(B) left the Jordan(C) and was led by the Spirit(D) into the wilderness, where for forty days(E) he was tempted[a] by the devil.(F) He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 4:2 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.