And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
This is the duel between the Seed of the woman and the serpent himself. Note: great privileges and honor will not shield you from temptation; in fact, God usually humbles us after lifting us up. After we are admitted into communion with God, Satan sets upon us hardest. The assurance of sonship is the best armor against the suggestions of the evil spirit.
AI summary
Commenting on Matthew 4:1-11
And when he had fasted forty days..... As Moses did, when he was about to deliver the law to the Israelites, Exo 34:28 and as Elijah did, when he bore his testimony for the Lord of hosts, Kg1 19:8 so did Christ, when he was about to publish the Gospel of his grace, and bear witness to the truth.
Verse 2. Had fasted. Abstained from food. Forty days and forty nights. It has been questioned by some whether Christ abstained wholly from food, or only from bread and the food to which he was accustomed. Luke says, (,) that he ate nothing. This settles the question. Mark says, , that angels came and ministered unto him.