Pourquoi Jésus a-t-il jeûné pendant 40 jours pour se préparer à la tentation du diables ?
JD Abshire From what I have read, 40 days is about the maximum amount of time a human body can survive without food provided they have water. At around 45 days death occurs. I'm sure there are a lot of variables but I believe this is the general consensus. I also understand that near starvation a person will experience hallucinations, convulsions, etc. From this we know that the physical body of Christ was at the point of dying from starvation. We know from the previous chapter that Christ had just been baptized by John. In Luke's account verse 4:1 states: "And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness," The word led suggests taking hold of, accompanying, bringing to…