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| | |<span id="4:2"></span>And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. | | |<span id="4:2"></span>And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. |
| − | |And after having fasted for 40 days and nights, Jesus was very hungry.
| + | |And after having fasted for 40 days and nights, Jesus began to be hungry. |
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| − | |<span id="4:2"></span>And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
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| | |Greek and Syriac strongly imply that Jesus felt no hunger until the end of the 40 days and nights of fast. | | |Greek and Syriac strongly imply that Jesus felt no hunger until the end of the 40 days and nights of fast. |
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| | |<span id="4:3"></span>And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. | | |<span id="4:3"></span>And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. |
| − | |And the tester (Satan) came to him and said, "If you are truly the Son of God, order that these rocks be made into food".
| + | |And the Tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." |
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| − | |<span id="4:3"></span>And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
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| − | |And the Tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread". | |
| | |"eipe" say, literally say. Less literally but better English, "tell" these stones to become bread. Then Jesus would have been told by the devil to speak to the stones. I think that the KJV "command" is the best. | | |"eipe" say, literally say. Less literally but better English, "tell" these stones to become bread. Then Jesus would have been told by the devil to speak to the stones. I think that the KJV "command" is the best. |
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| | |<span id="4:5"></span>Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, | | |<span id="4:5"></span>Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, |
| | |Then the devil took him into the holy city, and stood him up on the pinnacle of the [[Temple of Jerusalem|Temple]]. | | |Then the devil took him into the holy city, and stood him up on the pinnacle of the [[Temple of Jerusalem|Temple]]. |
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| | |Jesus told him, "Scripture also says, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" | | |Jesus told him, "Scripture also says, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" |
| | |God will provide Divine protection up to a point, but to rely on Him to bail one out of the consequences of bad judgment is bad form. In fact, Satan suggests that Jesus be a magical or wonder-working Messiah, and Jesus rejects that advice as well. | | |God will provide Divine protection up to a point, but to rely on Him to bail one out of the consequences of bad judgment is bad form. In fact, Satan suggests that Jesus be a magical or wonder-working Messiah, and Jesus rejects that advice as well. |
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| − | |<span id="4:7"></span>Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
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