Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
In the strength
Forty days
Bible References
In the strength
2 Corinthians 12:9
and he said to me: My grace is sufficient for you; for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may abide upon me.
Forty days
Matthew 4:2
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry.
Mark 1:13
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, to be tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.
Luke 4:2
and was there forty days, to be tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days; and when they were ended, he was afterward hungry.