Luke 5:16

And he retired into a desert, and prayed.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

In Context

15And his fame spread abroad still more: and much people assembled to hear him, and to be cured of their diseases.

17And it occurred, on one of the days when Jesus was teaching, that Pharisees and Doctors of the law were sitting by, who had come from all the villages of Galilee and of Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.

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Cross References

Mark 1:35And in the morning, he rose much before others, and retired to a solitary place, and there prayed.

Luke 6:12And in those days, Jesus retired to a mountain to pray; and he passed the night there, in prayer to God.

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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