Adventistische Schriften über: "How are the 40 days in the desert to be understood? Jesus was tested for 40 days, had nothing to eat and drink. Did he really not drink for 40 days? He was in the desert in a human‑empty space."

The provided quotations describe the 40 days in the desert as a time of fasting and temptation, in which Jesus ate nothing. It is explicitly mentioned that He 'ate nothing' and was 'without food' – a statement about drinking is not found in the quotations. The setting is described as a 'lonely, barren place' where Jesus was confronted with wild animals and the devil. The emphasized statement about food, but the absence of a statement about drinking, leaves open whether He took water during this time.

One quotation explicitly states that He was 'without food', which specifically refers to eating. Whether Jesus drank water during the 40 days is not addressed in the provided sources.

Fasting without food in the desert

»He was tempted by the devil for forty days, and in those days he ate nothing. Everything around Jesus was unpleasant, which human nature would recoil from. He was with wild animals and the devil in a barren, lonely place.«

1 - Ellen Gould White, Spiritual Gifts, vol. 1 (1SG 31.1)

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Specifically without food – not without water

»Only a few days earlier Christ had refused to perform a miracle to satisfy His hunger. He was weak and emaciated; for He had been forty days and forty nights without food, but He did not want to command that the stones become bread to satisfy His appetite.«

2 - Ellen Gould White, Bible Echo and Signs of the Times (BEcho September 4, 1899, par. 6)

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The purpose of the temptation in solitude

»Christ went into the desert to be alone, to consider His mission and His work. He had taken the steps that every sinner must take: conversion, repentance, and baptism.«

3 - Ellen Gould White, In Heavenly Places (HP 252.2)

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