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Selected Verse: Mark 6:46 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 6:46 |
King James |
And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray--thus at length getting that privacy and rest which He had vainly sought during the earlier part of the day; opportunity also to pour out His soul in connection with the extraordinary excitement in His favor that evening--which appears to have marked the zenith of His reputation, for it began to decline the very next day; and a place whence He might watch the disciples on the lake, pray for them in their extremity, and observe the right time for coming to them, in a new manifestation of His glory, on the sea. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
When he had sent them away (ἀποτάξαμενος)
Rev., more correctly, after he had taken leave. Unclassical, and used in this sense only in later Greek. So in Luk 9:61; Act 18:18; Co2 2:13. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Mat 14:23; Joh 6:15. |
13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
18 And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.