Having fasted — Whereby doubtless he received more abundant spiritual strength from God. Forty days and forty nights — As did Moses, the giver of the law, and Elijah, the great restorer of it. He was afterward hungry — And so prepared for the first temptation.
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Matthew 4:2
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.