For the man on whom this miracle of healing occurred was more than forty years old.

And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it arose in his heart to look upon his brothers, the sons of Israel.

And forty years being fulfilled to him, the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in a flame of fire in a bush.

He brought them out after he had worked wonders and miracles in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness forty years.

Then God turned and gave them over to serve the host of the heavens, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: "O house of Israel, have you offered to Me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness?

and when he supported them about the time of forty years in the wilderness,

And then they asked for a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years;

And there were more than forty having made this plot:

Therefore do not be persuaded by them: for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, who have obligated themselves by an oath, neither to eat nor drink until they may kill him: and now they are ready, awaiting the promise from you.

to whom He also presented Himself living after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them through forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.