Where in scripture does it tell of Jesus praying for 40 days?

Answer 1

A:After his baptism by John the Baptist, the synoptic gospels say that Jesus went into the wilderness for forty days, an allusion to the prophet Elijah. In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, which follow the earlier 'Q' document, Jesus fasted.

Mark 1:13 tells of Jesus in the wilderness forty days, ministered to by an angel, just as Elijah was ministered by an angel and in the wilderness forty days (1 Kings 19:5-7). This was the very earliest account of Jesus in the wilderness and there is no suggestion that Jesus fasted for forty days unless we read this back from the later gospels.

The 'Q' document follows the allusion to Elijah in a subtly different way, taking the angel out of the gospel story and instead having Jesus fast for forty days (in the company of Satan), just as Elijah did after the angel ministered to him. This version in found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

Answer:

Some biblical scholars have dated this time to be late (Fall or Autumn) 27 AD:

Luke 3:23

Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age.

Matthew 3:13

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John [the Baptist] at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

Matthew 4:1

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 4:12

Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, He departed to Galilee.

After His baptism and His 40-day fast and temptation by Satan, Jesus returned to Galilee to begin His ministry. Galilee is the area around the Sea of Galilee, north of Jerusalem.

Answer 2

A:The synoptic gospels say that Jesus spent forty days in the wilderness, as an allusion to the prophet Elijah. It is a matter of faith whether this should be thought of as a historical fact as well as an allusion. Perhaps there was no wilderness.

Mark 1:13 tells of Jesus in the wilderness forty days, ministered to by angels, just as Elijah was ministered by an angel and in the wilderness forty days (1 Kings 19:5-7).

The 'Q' document follows the allusion to Elijah in a subtly different way, taking the angel out of the gospel story and instead having Jesus fast for forty days in the wilderness, just as Elijah did after the angel ministered to him. This version in found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

A:

It was a wilderness near by to the river Jordan.

Answer 3

The Great flood is explained in Genesis 7. The rain is mentioned 7:12.

Answer 4

It is found in Matthew 4:1-11.