“ And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. ”
See the notes at Matthew 8:2-4 .
The Healing of a Leper ( Mark 1:40-45 *, Matthew 8:1-4 *). Lk. keeps closely to Mk., but adds ( Luke 5:16 ) that Jesus in His retirement gave Himself to prayer. It is characteristic of him also...
withdrew . continued withdrawn. Peculiar to Luke here, and Luke 9:10 . into . in. Greek. en. App-104. prayed . Greek. proseuchomai. App-134. The second recorded occasion in Luke; see Luke...
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. And he withdrew himself into the wilderness - Or rather, He frequently withdrew into the desert. This I believe to be the import of the origin...
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. For...
Miraculous Draught of Fishes. The Palsied Man 1-11. First miraculous draught of fishes (peculiar to Lk). Many critics identify this incident with that recorded in Matthew 4:18 and Mark 1:16 . B...
(12-16) A man full of leprosy. — See Notes on Matthew 8:2-4 . The precise description is peculiar to, and characteristic of, St. Luke, as is also the man’s “falling on his face.” The latter is int...
Chapter 11 CONCERNING PRAYER. WHEN the Greeks called man ό ανθρωπος, or the "uplooking one," they did but crystallize in a word what is a universal fact, the religious instinct of humanity. Every...
Cleansing, Power and Pardon Luke 5:12-26 Jesus did not hesitate to touch the leper, because He could no more be polluted by uncleanness than could a ray of light by passing through a fetid atmo...
Four of Jesus' disciples, already called into the relation of discipleship, are here called more definitely to service. Taking command of their vessel, to which in all probability they had returned w...
(12) And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold, a man full of leprosy; who seeing Jesus, fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (13...
SPIRITUAL SOLITUDE ‘And He withdrew Himself into the wilderness, and prayed.’ Luke 5:16 The wilderness and the mountain—the two loneliest places He could command—appear several times to have...
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness ,.... Into a desert place, that he might have rest from the fatigues of preaching and healing diseases; and being alone, and free from company, might have...
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. Ver. 16. And he withdrew ] Pray, if you mean to prosper.
Behold a man full of leprosy Of this miracle, see the notes on Matthew 8:2-4 , and Mark 1:45 . And he withdrew himself into the wilderness and prayed The original expression, ην υποχωρων εν ται...
PETER, JAMES AND JOHN CALLED AS DISCIPLES (vs.1-11) It is good to read in verse 1 that by the Lake of Gennesaret (or Sea of Galilee) the people pressed upon the Lord Jesus, not to see miracles, b...
A Leper Cleansed. 12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on hi...
We meet with Christ often commending to us the duty of secret prayer, by his own example, as he had done by his precept, Matthew 6:1-34 , and always choosing for it the most private and retired pl...
The Cleansing of A Skin Diseased Man (5:12-16). The cleansing of a skin diseased man by touching him is something that would have affected the ancient mind like little else. It indicated a mastery...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 5:12 .—St. Matthew gives a distinct note of time and place when and where this miracle was wrought: it was after the Sermon on the Mount, and as Jesus came down from the mount...
Luke 5:16 I. When we read in this and in so many other passages that our blessed Lord in the days of His flesh offered prayers unto God, it greatly concerns us that we do not accept an explanation...
Luke 5:1-2 . And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were go...
Luke 5:3 . He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Here he used those beautiful parables, in Matthew 13 .; but Matthew's gospel being extant, St. Luke does not repeat the parables in...
And He withdrew Himself into the wilderness and prayed Jesus praying What were the special reasons which led our Lord at this time to go away for prayer. I. THE NEED OF INWARD REFRESHMENT OF...
EXPOSITION When St. Luke compiled his Gospel, many of the circumstances connected with the early relations of the leaders of Christianity with their Founder were so well known, and had been so o...
The Healing of a Leper and of a Paralytic. Luke 5:12-26 Healing a leper:
John 6:15 ; Luke 6:12 ; Mark 1:35 ; Mark 1:36 ; Mark 6:46 ; Matthew 14:23
He withdrew — The expression in the original implies, that he did so frequently.