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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Matthew 4:2
Description: Thursday, 12 September 2024
And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Matthew 4:2
“And, having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He hungered” (CG).
In the previous verse, it noted that Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desolate where He was to be tested by the Traducer. Next, it says, “And, having fasted.”
The word is nésteuó, to fast or abstain from food. Strong’s adds in a note that such a fast is connected to religion. In other words...