CHAPTER EXPLORER

Matthew 4

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25 verses in KJV · 383 outgoing cross-reference links

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Opening verses of Matthew 4 (KJV)

4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

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Historical / attribution context

Traditional writer attribution: Matthew

Approximate study chronology: c. AD 26

Chronology and writer attribution are study metadata and may be disputed; they are not presented as inspired dates or universally agreed authorship claims.

Places in this chapter

Cross-reference destinations

Deuteronomy

685Luke

621Matthew

503John

395Psalm

288Mark

266Isaiah

172Exodus

169Acts

151Hebrews

147Romans

105Ephesians

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Events connected to Matthew 4

Temptations of Jesus11 linked verses Jesus in Capernaum5 linked verses Fishers of Men5 linked verses Jesus' 1st Tour of Galilee3 linked verses Jesus Leaves Judea toward Galilee1 linked verse Jesus visits Galilee1 linked verse

Original-language word-study starting points

G3956pasall · 6 occurrences G5119totethen · 5 occurrences G2316theosGod · 5 occurrences G1056GalilaiaGalilee · 5 occurrences G80adelphosbrother · 4 occurrences G2424IēsousJesus · 4 occurrences G2036eiponto say · 4 occurrences G1228diabolosdevilish/the Devil · 4 occurrences G1125graphōto write · 4 occurrences G932basileiakingdom · 3 occurrences G863aphiēmito release: leave · 3 occurrences G2281thalassasea · 3 occurrences G190akoloutheōto follow · 3 occurrences G1492eidōto perceive: understand · 3 occurrences

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