Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.

during forty days, being tempted of the devil. And he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he hungered.

For the space of forty days; and was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry.

forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.

Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry.

forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered,

Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungry.

tempted all the while by the Devil. During those days He ate nothing, and at the close of them He suffered from hunger.

For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

for forty days, and he was tested by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were completed, he was hungry.

All that time he ate nothing; and, when it was over, he became hungry.

Being forty days tempted - That is, through forty days he was "tried" in various ways by the devil. The temptations, however, which are recorded by Matthew and Luke did not take place until the forty days were finished. See Matthew 4:2-3.
He did eat nothing - He was sustained by the power of God during this season of extraordinary fasting.

Being forty days tempted of the devil,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read the phrase, "forty days", in connection with the latter part of the preceding verse; according to which the sense is, that Jesus was led by the Spirit forty days in the wilderness, before he was tempted by Satan, and in order to it: but our reading is confirmed by Mark 1:13 who affirms, as here, that he was so long tempted by Satan; as he might be invisibly, and, by internal suggestions, before he appeared visibly, and attacked him openly, with the following temptations. The Ethiopic version adds, "and forty nights": and such were these days in which Christ was in the wilderness, and fasted, and was tempted there: they, were such as included nights, as well as days; see Matthew 4:2
and in those days he did eat nothing not any sort of food whatever; he tasted of no kind of eatables or drinkables, during the whole space of forty days; nor in the nights neither, in which the Jews allowed persons to eat in times of fasting; See Gill on Matthew 4:2. And this entire abstinence, as it shows the power of Christ in the supporting of his human nature, without food, for such a time, and the disadvantages under which, as man, combated with Satan; so, that this fast was never designed as an example to his followers, and to be imitated by them:
and when they were ended; the forty days, and forty nights:
he afterward hungered; which he did not before; and which shows the truth of his human nature; and is mentioned to observe the occasion of the following temptation, and the advantage on the tempter's side.