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for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.
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A Continuous 40-Day Battle
Commentators clarify that Jesus's temptation was not just three isolated events. The Greek grammar suggests a continuous, ongoing assault from the devil throughout the entire forty-day period. This was a prolonged, intense spiritual conflict that tested him before the specific temptations recorded in the following verses even began.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Being forty days tempted. That is, through forty days he was tried in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which are recor…
Being tempted (πειραζομενος). Present passive participle and naturally parallel with the imperfect passive ηγετο (was led) in vers…
19th Century
Baptist
Being forty days tempted of the devil.
Six weeks of temptation. We read the story of the temptation, perhaps, in six minutes; but i…
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Jesus is in the desert for a period of forty days. This probably parallels Israel’s experience in the desert after the exodus; it may also allude t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Being forty days tempted of the devil The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read the phrase, "for…
Christ's being led into the wilderness gave an advantage to the tempter, for there He was alone; no one was with Him by whose prayers and advice He…
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