What is the longest fast recorded in the Bible?

Answer 1

In the Gospel accounts which record this, it is 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.

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 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 2

A: Mark 1:13 is the original account of Jesus going into the wilderness for forty days immediately after his baptism by John. He was ministered by angels, an allusion to Elijah (1 Kings 19:5-7) who was ministered by an angel and in the wilderness forty days. However, there is no actual suggestion that Jesus fasted for this time and being ministered by angels, no reason for him to do so, but those familiar with the story of Elijah are likely to have assumed he did. This brings into play a further allusion to Moses when The Bible says (Exodus 34:28) he fasted for 40 days while he wrote the words of the Ten Commandments on tablets.

The story of Jesus in the wilderness is also in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, but they depart from Mark at this point, instead following the 'Q' document in which the allusion to Elijah differs in a subtle way. The angels are taken out of the gospel story and Jesus does fast for forty days, just as Elijah did after the angel ministered to him.

We know that the allusions to Elijah and Moses were both intentional, because matching events in the literary structure of Mark have Jesus talking to Elijah and Moses.

Answer 3

You can find in the New Testament, in the book of Matthew that Jesus went to fast after being baptized by John The Baptist.

Matthew 3:16 "When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him."

Then right after that, the book of Matthew goes into chapter 4, which is the story of Jesus being tempted by the devil.

Matthew Chapter 4 Verse 1: "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. " Verse 2: "And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry."

Verse 3 goes farther into the story of how the devil tempts the Lord to turn stones into bread.

Answer 4

A:The answer could by yes or no. Mark 1:13 is the original account of Jesus going into the wilderness for forty days immediately after his baptism by John. He was ministered by angels, a theological allusion to Elijah (1 Kings 19:5-7) who was ministered by an angel and in the wilderness forty days. There is no actual suggestion that Jesus fasted for this time, and being ministered by angels no reason for him to do so, but those familiar with the story of Elijah are likely to have assumed he did. This brings into play another allusion, to Moses when (Exodus 34:28) he fasted for 40 days while he wrote the words of the Ten Commandments on tablets. These allusions can be confirmed because this passage matches another reference to Elijah and Moses, in what is called a chiastic structure.

Matthew and Luke do not follow Mark at this point, but follow the 'Q' document in which the allusion to Elijah differs in a subtle way, taking the angel out of the gospel story and instead having Jesus fast for forty days, just as Elijah did after the angel ministered to him. In this version, the further allusion to Exodus 34:28 is more readily recognised, and there is no longer any doubt that Jesus fasted.

Answer 5

After Jesus was baptized by john in the river Jordan he went to the wilderness near it for 40 days and 40 nights.

Answer 6

Nenemiah fasted from Chisleu to Nisan.The span of about 4 months.

Answer 7

Being fully human, He had to. No human can go without sleep for very long.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

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