08-08-2010, 11:10 PM
I don't think the word "but" belongs there, neither at the beginning or near the end.
"and-fasts" "forty" "days" "and-forty" "nights"
"the-last" "of-that" "hungered"
It is a bit of a choppy verse, but it appears that the intent was to show that Yeshua was at the end of the fast, likely the fortieth day (the-last of-that), and was "hungered". At that point, (verse 3) he was approached by Satan and tempted. When the tempting was completed, the angels came and attended to Yeshua.
If I were to free-form the verse some, it would probably best be understood as:
"And he fasts forty days and forty nights; at the last of that, was hungered." Similar to Lamsa.
"and-fasts" "forty" "days" "and-forty" "nights"
"the-last" "of-that" "hungered"
It is a bit of a choppy verse, but it appears that the intent was to show that Yeshua was at the end of the fast, likely the fortieth day (the-last of-that), and was "hungered". At that point, (verse 3) he was approached by Satan and tempted. When the tempting was completed, the angels came and attended to Yeshua.
If I were to free-form the verse some, it would probably best be understood as:
"And he fasts forty days and forty nights; at the last of that, was hungered." Similar to Lamsa.