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  • Levi Benjamin on Matthew 4:1 - 3 years ago
    was Jesus tempted after 40days or duri.g 40 days?... Was he hungry after 40 days or during and after 40 days.
  • Fasting - In Reply on Matthew 4:1 - 3 years ago
    I believe he was tempted after. He was at his weakest. The Bible says he hungered (not thirst). He drank water.

    Humans generally need water every 3 days. The kidneys shut down first.

    The angels ministered to Jesus after his confrontation with satan,

    M.
  • Chris - In Reply on Matthew 4:1 - 3 years ago
    I can't be give a specific answer to your questions, but as I've read that passage, it seems that during the forty days & nights that Jesus was in the wilderness, He would have become increasingly hungry - as any man would be. He would have drunk water in the interim as the body cannot survive without it. And it could have been that during those forty days that Satan approached him with the first test of turning the stones into bread to satisfy that extreme hunger, or it might have been at the end of the fast (which I tend to support).

    There is too little narrative about this part of Jesus' time in the wilderness, as the focus no doubt, is on His thwarting of Satan's thrusts against Him to cause sin to enter Him. Had Jesus failed here, He would have been disqualified to be our Saviour, & God had no other means to fully meet the payment of our sins & our acceptability to Him. Jesus withstood Satan, not regarding his own needs, all for our sake. Even while on the Cross (the last & greatest attempt by Satan for Jesus to spare Himself from further suffering & death), Jesus remained resolute in His Calling, as Hebrews 12:2 says in part, "for the joy that was set before him (He) endured the cross, despising the shame". All for the love for those who put their faith in God through His death.



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