Matthew 4:2
Matthew · New Testament · Chapter 4
“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”Matthew 4:2
What Does Matthew 4:2 Mean?
Matthew 4:2 is found in the book of Matthew, chapter 4, verse 2 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (19)
These passages are connected to Matthew 4:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
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.”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.”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.”Luke 4:2“Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.”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:”Psalms 95:6“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.”Matthew 21:18“Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.”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.”Deuteronomy 18:18“I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.”Psalms 109:24“My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.”Mark 11:12“And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:”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 7:12“And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”Mark 8:2“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:”Acts 1:3“To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:”Acts 10:10“And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,”Hebrews 2:14“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;”1 Samuel 17:16“And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.”
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