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Selected Verse: Luke 6:12 - Strong Concordance
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| Lu 6:12 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] it came to pass [1096] in [1722] those [5025] days [2250], that he went out [1831] into [1519] a mountain [3735] to pray [4336], and [2532] continued all night [1273] [2258] in [1722] prayer [4335] to God [2316]. |
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King James |
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. |
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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] |
THE TWELVE APOSTLES CHOSEN--GATHERING MULTITUDES--GLORIOUS HEALING. (Luke 6:12-49)
went out--probably from Capernaum.
all night in prayer . . . and when . . . day, he called, &c.--The work with which the next day began shows what had been the burden of this night's devotions. As He directed His disciples to pray for "laborers" just before sending themselves forth (see on Mat 9:37; Mat 10:1), so here we find the Lord Himself in prolonged communion with His Father in preparation for the solemn appointment of those men who were to give birth to His Church, and from whom the world in all time was to take a new mould. How instructive is this! |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And it came to pass in those days - The designation of the time here is very general. It means "about" the time when the events occurred which had been just narrated.
He went out into a mountain - Jesus was accustomed to resort to such places to hold communion with God, Mar 6:46. He did it because it was retired, free from interruption, and fitted by impressiveness and grandeur to raise the thoughts to the God that had formed the high hills and the deep-shaded groves.
And continued all night in prayer to God - There has been a difference of opinion about this passage, whether it means that he spent the night in the act of "praying" to God, or in a "place" of prayer. The Jews had places of prayer, called "oratories," built out of their cities or towns, where they could retire from the bustle of a city and hold communion with God. They were built on the banks of rivers (compare Act 16:13), in groves, or on hills. They were rude inclosures, made by building a rough wall of stone around a level piece of ground, and capable of accommodating a small number who might resort thither to pray. But the more probable opinion is that he spent the whole night in supplication; for:
1. This is the obvious meaning of the passage.
2. The object for which he went out was "to pray."
3. It was an occasion of great importance. He was about to send out his apostles - to lay the foundation of his religion - and he therefore set apart this time especially to seek the divine blessing.
4. It was no unusual thing for Jesus to spend much time in prayer, and we are not to wonder that he passed an entire night in supplication. If it be asked why Jesus should pray "at all" if he was divine, it may be replied that he was also a "man" - a man subject to the same sufferings as others, and, "as a man," needing the divine blessing. There was no more inconsistency in his "praying" than there was in his "eating." Both were "means" employed for an end, and both were equally consistent with his being divine. But Jesus was also "Mediator," and as such it was proper to seek the divine direction and blessing. In "this" case he has set us an example that we should follow. In great emergencies, when we have important duties, or are about to encounter special difficulties, we should seek the divine blessing and direction by "prayer." We should set apart an unusual portion of time for supplication. Nay, if we pass the "whole night" in prayer, it should not be charged as enthusiasm. Our Saviour did it. Men of the world often pass whole nights in plans of gain or in dissipation, and shall it be esteemed strange that Christians should spend an equal portion of time in the far more important business of religion? |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
A mountain (τὸ ὄρος)
The article denotes a familiar place. Rev., rightly, the mountain.
Continued all night (ἦν διανυκτερεύων)
Only here in New Testament. Used in medical language. The all-night prayer is peculiar to Luke's narrative. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| In the prayer of God - The phrase is singular and emphatical, to imply an extraordinary and sublime devotion. Mar 3:13. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
In prayer to God - Or, in the prayer of God: or, in the oratory of God, εν τῃ προσευχῃ του Θεου. So this passage is translated by many critics; for which Dr. Whitby gives the following reasons: As the mountain of God, Exo 3:1; Exo 4:27; the bread of God, Lev 21:17; the lamp of God, Sa1 3:3; the vessels of God, Ch1 22:19; the altar of God, Psa 43:4; the sacrifices of God, Psa 51:17; the gifts of God, Luk 21:4; the ministers of God, Co2 6:4; the tabernacle of God, Ch2 1:3; the temple of God, Mat 21:12; the synagogues of God, Psa 74:8; are all things consecrated or appropriated to God's service; so προσευχη του Θεου must, in all reason, be a house of prayer to God; whence it is called τοπος προσευχης, a place of prayer, 1 Maccabees 3:46; and so the word is certainly used Act 16:13; and by Philo, in his oration against Flaccus, where he complains that αἱ προσευχαι, their houses for prayer were pulled down, and there was no place left in which they might worship God, or pray for Caesar; and by Josephus, who says the multitude was gathered εις την προσευχην, into the house of prayer: and so Juvenal, Sat. iii. v. 296, speaks to the mendicant Jew: -
Ede ubi consistas; in qua te quaero proseucha?
In what house of prayer may I find thee begging?
See on Act 16:13 (note). But on this it may be observed, that as the mountains of God, the wind of God, the hail of God, the trees of God, etc., mean very high mountains, a very strong wind, great and terrible hail, very tall trees, etc., so προσευχη του Θεου, here, may be very properly translated the prayer of God; i.e. very fervent and earnest prayer; and though διανυκτερευων may signify, to lodge in a place for a night, yet there are various places in the best Greek writers in which it is used, not to signify a place, but to pass the night in a particular state. So Appian, Bell. Pun. Εν τοις ὁπλοις διενυκτερευϚε μεθ' ἁπαντων - He passed the night under arms with them all. Idem, Bell. Civ. lib. v. διενυκτερευον - They passed the night without food, without any regard to the body, and in the want of all things. See more examples in Kypke, who concludes by translating the passage thus: He passed the night without sleep in prayers to God. Some of the Jews imagine that God himself prays; and this is one of his petitions: Let it be my good pleasure, that my mercy overcome my wrath. See more in Lightfoot. |
1 And [2532] when he had called [4341] unto him his [846] twelve [1427] disciples [3101], he gave [1325] them [846] power [1849] against unclean [169] spirits [4151], to [5620] cast [1544] them [846] out [1544], and [2532] to heal [2323] all manner [3956] of sickness [3554] and [2532] all manner [3956] of disease [3119].
37 Then [5119] saith [3004] he unto his [846] disciples [3101], The harvest [2326] truly [3303] is plenteous [4183], but [1161] the labourers [2040] are few [3641];
13 And [5037] on the sabbath [4521] [2250] we went [1831] out of [1854] the city [4172] by [3844] a river side [4215], where [3757] prayer [4335] was wont [3543] to be made [1511]; and [2532] we sat down [2523], and spake [2980] unto the women [1135] which resorted [4905] thither.
46 And [2532] when he had sent [657] them [846] away [657], he departed [565] into [1519] a mountain [3735] to pray [4336].
13 And [2532] he goeth up [305] into [1519] a mountain [3735], and [2532] calleth [4341] unto him whom [3739] he [846] would [2309]: and [2532] they came [565] unto [4314] him [846].
13 And [5037] on the sabbath [4521] [2250] we went [1831] out of [1854] the city [4172] by [3844] a river side [4215], where [3757] prayer [4335] was wont [3543] to be made [1511]; and [2532] we sat down [2523], and spake [2980] unto the women [1135] which resorted [4905] thither.
13 And [5037] on the sabbath [4521] [2250] we went [1831] out of [1854] the city [4172] by [3844] a river side [4215], where [3757] prayer [4335] was wont [3543] to be made [1511]; and [2532] we sat down [2523], and spake [2980] unto the women [1135] which resorted [4905] thither.
8 They said [0559] in their hearts [03820], Let us destroy [03238] them together [03162]: they have burned up [08313] all the synagogues [04150] of God [0410] in the land [0776].
12 And [2532] Jesus [2424] went [1525] into [1519] the temple [2411] of God [2316], and [2532] cast out [1544] all them [3956] that sold [4453] and [2532] bought [59] in [1722] the temple [2411], and [2532] overthrew [2690] the tables [5132] of the moneychangers [2855], and [2532] the seats [2515] of them that sold [4453] doves [4058],
3 So Solomon [08010], and all the congregation [06951] with him, went [03212] to the high place [01116] that was at Gibeon [01391]; for there was the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] of God [0430], which Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068] had made [06213] in the wilderness [04057].
4 But [235] in [1722] all [3956] things approving [4921] ourselves [1438] as [5613] the ministers [1249] of God [2316], in [1722] much [4183] patience [5281], in [1722] afflictions [2347], in [1722] necessities [318], in [1722] distresses [4730],
4 For [1063] all [537] these [3778] have of [1537] their [846] abundance [4052] cast [906] in unto [1519] the offerings [1435] of God [2316]: but [1161] she [3778] [846] of [1537] her [846] penury [5303] hath cast [906] in all [537] the living [979] that [3739] she had [2192].
17 The sacrifices [02077] of God [0430] are a broken [07665] spirit [07307]: a broken [07665] and a contrite [01794] heart [03820], O God [0430], thou wilt not despise [0959].
4 Then will I go [0935] unto the altar [04196] of God [0430], unto God [0410] my exceeding [08057] joy [01524]: yea, upon the harp [03658] will I praise [03034] thee, O God [0430] my God [0430].
19 Now set [05414] your heart [03824] and your soul [05315] to seek [01875] the LORD [03068] your God [0430]; arise [06965] therefore, and build [01129] ye the sanctuary [04720] of the LORD [03068] God [0430], to bring [0935] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the LORD [03068], and the holy [06944] vessels [03627] of God [0430], into the house [01004] that is to be built [01129] to the name [08034] of the LORD [03068].
3 And ere the lamp [05216] of God [0430] went out [03518] in the temple [01964] of the LORD [03068], where the ark [0727] of God [0430] was, and Samuel [08050] was laid down [07901] to sleep;
17 Speak [01696] unto Aaron [0175], saying [0559], Whosoever [0376] he be of thy seed [02233] in their generations [01755] that hath any blemish [03971], let him not approach [07126] to offer [07126] the bread [03899] of his God [0430].
27 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] to Aaron [0175], Go [03212] into the wilderness [04057] to meet [07125] Moses [04872]. And he went [03212], and met [06298] him in the mount [02022] of God [0430], and kissed [05401] him.
1 Now Moses [04872] kept [01961] [07462] the flock [06629] of Jethro [03503] his father in law [02859], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080]: and he led [05090] the flock [06629] to the backside [0310] of the desert [04057], and came [0935] to the mountain [02022] of God [0430], even to Horeb [02722].