King James Version

Luke 4:2

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

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “afterward” (ὕστερον) before He was here.

ἡμέραςhēmerasdaysἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “days”, the object formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.daysτεσσεράκονταtesserakontafortyτεσσεράκονταadjective, accusative, plural, feminine — “forty”, the object formG5062forty.πειραζόμενοςpeirazomenostemptedπειράζω (peirazō)verb, present passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “tempted”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3985I try, tempt, test.temptedὑπὸhupoofὑπόpreposition — “of”G5259by, under, about.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.διαβόλουdiaboloudevilδιάβολος (diabolos)adjective, genitive, singular, masculine — “devil”, the of-formG1228(adj. used often as a noun), slanderous; with the article: the Slanderer (par excellence), the Devil.the devilκαὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοὐκouknothingοὐ (ou)adverb — “nothing”G3756no, not.nothingἔφαγενephagento eatἐσθίω (esthíō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to eat”, a single actionG2068I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).Strong’s files this form under G5315 (φάγω, eat).οὐδὲνoudennoneοὐδείς (oudeis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “none”, the object formG3762no one, none, nothing.This verse uses “none”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ταῖςtaistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdayἡμέρα (hēmera)noun, dative, plural, feminine — “day”, the to- or for-formG2250a day, the period from sunrise to sunset.ἐκείναιςekeinaisthatἐκεῖνος (ekeinos)demonstrative pronoun, dative, plural, feminine — “that”, the to- or for-formG1565that, that one there, yonder.This verse uses “that”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσυντελεσθεισῶνsuntelestheisōnwere endedσυντελέω (sunteleō)verb, aorist passive participle, genitive, plural, feminine — “were ended”, a single actionG4931I bring to an end, fulfill, accomplish.were endedαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, feminine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐπείνασενepeinasenhungeredπεινάω (peinaō)verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “hungered”, a single actionG3983I am hungry, needy, desire earnestly.hungered

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ὕστερονhusteronhe afterwardὕστερος (husteros)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “he afterward”, the object formG5306later, latter, last.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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.

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