Matthew 4:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Matthew 4:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Matthew 4:2 is a verse from the book of Matthew in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Matthew 4:2 — KJV
“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”
— Matthew 4:2 (KJV)
Matthew 4:2 in Context — About the Book of Matthew
Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — Israel's Messiah who fulfils the prophets line by line. It preserves the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord's Prayer, and the Great Commission. Five great teaching blocks make it the church's first discipleship manual.
Cross-References for Matthew 4:2
“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. destroy: Heb. blot out”
Shares key themes with Matthew 4:2: forty, days, nights
“And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 4:2: forty, days, nights
“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.”
Shares key themes with Matthew 4:2: forty, days, nights
“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. commandments: Heb. words”
Shares key themes with Matthew 4:2: forty, days, nights
“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:”
Shares key themes with Matthew 4:2: forty, days, nights
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