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
But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ may rest upon me.
Forty days
Matthew 4:2
And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungry.
Mark 1:13
tempted by Satan, and was with the wild-beasts; and the angels served him.
Luke 4:2
Being forty days tempted by the devil. And in those days he ate nothing, and when they were ended he hungered.