and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.
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- WEB He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.
- KJV And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
- NKJV And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.
- NASB And He was in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild animals, and the angels were serving Him.
- NLT where he was tempted by Satan for forty days. He was out among the wild animals, and angels took care of him.
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Quick answer
Jesus endures forty days of testing by Satan in the wilderness, sustained by angels. He stands firm where others fell.
Overview
The forty days recall Israel's forty years and Moses' and Elijah's wilderness experiences, marking Jesus as the faithful representative of His people. Confronting Satan directly, Jesus begins His campaign against the kingdom of evil that the Gospel will trace. The wild animals and serving angels hint at restored creation and divine care for the obedient Son.
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- Heb 2:17–18For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Heb 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- Exod 34:28So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
- Matt 26:53Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
- Matt 4:10–11“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
- Deut 9:25So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
- Deut 9:18Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
- Deut 9:11And at the end of forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
- 1 Kgs 19:5–8Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
- Exod 24:18Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
- 1 Tim 3:16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
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