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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus fasts for 40 days, and the devil meets him to try to persuade him to sin.
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# Then Jesus
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After John had baptized Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])
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# was led by the Spirit
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "the Spirit led him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# for forty days he was tempted
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Most versions say that the temptation was throughout the forty days. The UDB states "While he was there, the devil kept tempting him" to make this clear.
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# forty days
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"40 days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# he was tempted by the devil
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This can be stated in active form, and you can make explicit what it was the devil tempted him to do. AT: "the devil tried to persuade him disobey God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# He ate nothing
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The word "he" refers to Jesus.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jesus]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/filled]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holyspirit]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jordanriver]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/tempt]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/satan]]