Luke 9:18

And it came to pass, while He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He questioned them, saying, “Who do the crowds pronounce Me to be?”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

In Context

17So they all ate and were satisfied, and twelve baskets of the remaining fragments were taken up by them. 1 The Confession of Peter

19So they answered and said, “John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the ancient prophets has arisen.”

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Cross References

Matthew 26:36Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go off and pray over there.”

Luke 11:1Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

Matthew Henry on Luke 9:11-18

The Multitude Miraculously Fed. 10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. 11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. 12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and… Read the whole commentary →

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