King James Version
Matthew 4:2 in the King James Version says “And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”
Matthew 4:2 · KJV
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“days”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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