Fasting
fast, fast'-ing (tsum; `innah nephesh, "afflict soul or
self," i.e. practice self-denial; nesteia, nesteuein): It is
necessary to get rid of some modern notions associated with
fasting before we can form a correct idea of its origin and
significance in the ancient world. For instance, in the case
of many ailments the dieting of the patien...
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Observed on occasions of public calamities
2Sa 1:12
-Afflictions
Ps 35:13; Da 6:18
-Private afflictions
2Sa 12:16
-Approaching danger
Es 4:16
-Ordination of ministers
Ac 13:3; 14:23
-Accompanied by prayer
Da 9:3
-Confession of sin
1Sa 7:6; Ne 9:1,2
-Humiliation
De 9:18; Ne 9:1
-During forty days
Moses
De 9:9,18
Jesus
Mt 4:1,2; M...
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1. One fast only was appointed by the Mosaic law, that on
the day of atonement. There is no mention of any other
periodical fast in the Old Testament except in Zec 7:1-7;
8:19 From these passages it appears that the Jews, during
their captivity, observed four annual fasts, --in the
fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months.
2. Public fasts were...
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The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the
great
Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called
"the fast"
(Acts 27:9).
The only other mention of a periodical fast in the
Old
Testament is in Zech. 7:1-7; 8:19, from which it
appears that
during their captivity the Jews observed four annual
fasts.
(1.) The fast of the...
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Refraining from eating food. The Bible describes three main
forms of fasting: 1) The Normal Fast, involving the total
abstinence of food. Luke 4:2 reveals that Jesus "did eat
nothing." Afterwards "He was hungered." Jesus abstained from
food but not from water. 2) In Acts 9:9 we read of an
Absolute Fast where for three days He "neither did eat ...
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Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast
written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of
the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also
thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of
their cities....
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And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this
hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold,
a man stood before me in bright clothing,...
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And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment
and his decree came, [there was] great mourning among the
Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in
sackcloth and ashes....
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But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing [was]
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer
returned into mine own bosom....
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Then Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and said, I have
compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now
three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them
away fasting, lest they faint in the way....
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