Jesus in the Wilderness
40 daysA forty-day fast in preparation, tested by temptation.
Jesus fasts in the wilderness at the beginning of his public ministry. The narrative links fasting with testing and reliance on God’s word, and it becomes a major reference point for later Christian reflection on fasting and temptation.
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Scripture
Matthew 4:1-2
1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.