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Berean Standard Bible

“After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.”

Matthew 4:2

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Study note

Right after his baptism, the Spirit leads Jesus into the Judean wilderness to be tested by the devil. The forty days and nights recall Moses on Sinai and Elijah's journey to Horeb, and also Israel's forty years of wandering.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

World English Bible (WEB)

When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

King James Version (KJV)

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y habiendo ayunado cuarenta días y cuarenta noches, después tuvo hambre.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Luego de pasar cuarenta días y cuarenta noches sin probar bocado, Jesús sintió hambre

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