Luke 5:16

And he passed away into the desert, and prayed.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

In Context

15And the fame concerning him went forth the more, and much people were gathered together to hear him and to be healed from their diseases.

17And it was on one of the days, while Jeshu was teaching, (certain) Pharishee and doctors of the law were sitting. And they had come from all the villages of Galila and of Jehud, and from Urishlem: and the power of the Lord was (there) to heal them.

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Cross References

Mark 1:35AND in the morning he arose long before (day), and went into a solitude, and there prayed.

Luke 6:12BUT it was in those days that Jeshu went forth into a mountain to pray; and there remained he all night in the prayer of Aloha.

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:13-17

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 his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 15 But so much the… Read the whole commentary →

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