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Scripture frequently refers to individuals fasting and describes the different kinds of fast which may be undertaken.
Abstaining from food and drink Ezr 10:6 See also Da 9:3; Ac 23:12
Abstaining from food only 1Sa 1:7 See also Da 6:18
One day: the normal fast period Lev 23:32; Jdg 20:26; 2Sa 1:12
Seven days 1Sa 31:13 pp 1Ch 10:12; 2Sa 12:16-20
Forty days These 40-day fasts are all in unique circumstances and are not prescribed: Ex 34:28; 1Ki 19:8; Mt 4:2 pp Lk 4:2
Those prescribed by the Law Lev 16:29-31 NIV footnote at verse 29. See also Lev 23:26-32; Nu 29:7; Ac 27:9 fn
Those observed in Jewish tradition Zec 8:19 See also Est 9:30-31; Zec 7:2-5
Those observed by the Pharisees Lk 18:11-12
Those imposed by decree 2Ch 20:3 See also 1Sa 14:24 A special instance of an individual instructed by God to fast: 1Ki 13:8-9,16
1Ki 21:9; Jer 36:9
Those imposed by circumstances Ac 27:33; 2Co 6:5; 2Co 11:27
2575 | Christ, temptation |
4293 | water |
4438 | eating |
5104 | Moses, foreshadower of Christ |
5773 | abstinence, discipline |
7550 | Pharisees |
8475 | self-denial |