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Luke 4:2 KJV
Luke · chapter 4 · verse 2
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 · King James Version
Luke 4:2 in context
1And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
3And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- afterwardhysteronlatter, later, coming after, the second, afterward, after this, later, lastlyG5305 →
- temptedpeirazōto try whether a thing can be done, to attempt, endeavour, to try, make trial of, test…G3985 →
- nothingouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
- nothingoudeisno one, nothingG3762 →
- fortytessarakontafortyG5062 →
- devildiabolosprone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely, a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer…G1228 →
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The last words of the foregoing chapter, that Jesus was the Son of Adam, bespeak him to be the seed of the woman; being so, we have here, according to the promise, breaking the serpent's head, baffling and foiling the devil in all his temptations, who by one temptation had baffled and foiled our first parents.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13