Luke 4:2
Luke · New Testament · Chapter 4
“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
What Does Luke 4:2 Mean?
Luke 4:2 is found in the book of Luke, chapter 4, verse 2 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Temptation.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Luke 4:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
James 4:7“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”Exodus 34:28“And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.”Matthew 4:2“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”Hebrews 4:15“For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”Deuteronomy 9:9“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”1 Kings 19:8“And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.”Hebrews 2:18“For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.”Deuteronomy 9:18“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”John 4:6“Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.”Genesis 3:15“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”Exodus 24:18“And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.”Deuteronomy 9:25“Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.”1 Samuel 17:16“And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.”Esther 4:16“Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.”Jonah 3:7“And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:”Matthew 21:18“Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.”Isaiah 30:14“And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.”Mark 11:12“And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:”
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