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Matthew 4:2-4
Lexham English Bible
Matthew 4:2-4
Lexham English Bible
2 and after he[a] had fasted forty days and forty nights, then he was hungry. 3 And the tempter approached and[b] said to him, “If you are the Son of God, order that these stones become bread.” 4 But he answered and[c] said, “It is written, ‘Man will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of God.”[d]
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- Matthew 4:2 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had fasted”) which is understood as temporal
- Matthew 4:3 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Matthew 4:4 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Matthew 4:4 A quotation from Deut 8:3
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