Mark 1:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he was {G1563} in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; And he was with the wild beasts; And the angels ministered unto him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἡμέρας τεσσαράκοντα, πειραζόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Σατανᾶ· καὶ ἦν μετὰ τῶν θηρίων· καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι διηκόνουν αὐτῷ.

Transliteration

And ēn ekei in the erēmō hēmeras tessarakonta, peirazomenos hypo the Satana; and ēn meta the thēriōn; and the angeloi diēkonoun him.

Grammar Details

• *ēn*: imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd singular - he was
• *ekei*: adverb - there
• *erēmō*: dative, feminine, singular - wilderness/desert
• *hēmeras*: accusative, feminine, plural - days
• *tessarakonta*: numeral - forty
• *peirazomenos*: present, passive, participle, nominative, masculine, singular - being tempted/tested
• *hypo*: preposition + genitive - by
• *Satana*: genitive, masculine, singular - Satan/adversary
• *meta*: preposition + genitive - with
• *thēriōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - wild beasts/animals
• *angeloi*: nominative, masculine, plural - angels/messengers
• *diēkonoun*: imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd plural - were serving/ministering to

Word Meanings

• *erēmō*: wilderness/desert/desolate place
• *peirazomenos*: being tempted/tested/tried
• *Satana*: Satan/adversary/accuser
• *thēriōn*: wild beasts/animals/creatures
• *diēkonoun*: were serving/ministering to/attending

Referenced Verses

• Exod 34:28 : 28 And he was there with Jehovah forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
• Matt 26:53 : 53 Or thinkest thou that I cannot beseech my Father, and he shall even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?
• Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not a high priest that {G1410} cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted {G3987} like as [we are, yet] without sin.
• Exod 24:18 : 18 And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
• Heb 2:17-18 : 17 Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted.
• Deut 9:11 : 11 And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Jehovah gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
• Deut 9:18 : 18 And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
• Deut 9:25 : 25 So I fell down before Jehovah the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Jehovah had said he would destroy you.
• 1 Kgs 19:5-8 : 5 And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7 And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
• Matt 4:10-11 : 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.