Had fasted (νηστευσας). No perfunctory ceremonial fast, but of communion with the Father in complete abstention from food as in th…

Had fasted. He abstained from food.

Forty days and forty nights. It has been questioned by some whether Christ abstained c…

Here we see an obvious parallel with the fasts of Moses (Exodus 34:28) and Elijah (1 Kings 19:8), and we may well think of …

Throughout the long fast, He was miraculously sustained, but at its end, hunger began to test Him. We are more in danger when our labor or sufferin…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: The Lord, having been baptized by John with water, is led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be ba…

The parallels with historic Israel continue. Jesus’ fast of forty days and nights reflected Israel’s forty-year wandering . Both Israel’s and Jesus…

And when he had fasted forty days .
&c.] As Moses did, when he was about to deliver the law to the Israelites, ([Refe…

Concerning Christ's temptation, observe that immediately after He was declared to be the Son of God and the Savior of the world, He was tempted. Gr…

It was shown above that Christ prepared Himself for teaching by receiving baptism; now, however, He prepares Himself by overcoming temptation. Abou…