Verse 13

He was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels ministered to him.

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  • Exod 34:28 : 28 Moses was there with the LORD for forty days and forty nights. He did not eat any bread or drink any water, and he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
  • Matt 26:53 : 53 Do you not think I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
  • Heb 4:15 : 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are—yet without sin.
  • Exod 24:18 : 18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And undeniably, great is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, and taken up in glory.
  • Heb 2:17-18 : 17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in service to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. 18 Because He Himself has suffered when tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
  • Deut 9:11 : 11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.
  • Deut 9:18 : 18 Then I fell down before the LORD as I had done before, for forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and provoking him to anger.
  • Deut 9:25 : 25 So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, just as I had done before, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
  • 1 Kgs 19:5-8 : 5 Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly, an angel touched him and said, 'Get up and eat.' 6 He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water. He ate and drank, then lay down again. 7 The angel of the LORD came back a second time, touched him, and said, 'Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.' 8 So he got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
  • Matt 4:10-11 : 10 Then Jesus said to him, 'Go away, Satan! For it is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.' 11 Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.