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Matthew 21:18

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In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brownv. 18

THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS QUESTIONED AND THE REPLY--THE PARABLES OF THE TWO SONS, AND OF THE WICKED HUSBANDMAN. ( = Mark 11:27-12:12; Luke 20:1-19). (Mat. 21:23-46) By what authority doest thou these things!--referring particularly to the expulsion of the buyers and sellers from the temple, and who gave thee this authority?

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Strong's Concordancev. 18

δέ (dé, G1161) — but, and, etc. πρωΐα (prōḯa, G4405) — day-dawn ἐπανάγω (epanágō, G1877) — to lead up on, i.e. (technical) to put out (to sea); (intransitively) to return εἰς (eis, G1519) — to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively)… πόλις (pólis, G4172) — a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size) πεινάω (peináō, G3983) — "pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave

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After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

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At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

Luke 4:2rank 1

where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

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