Luke 5:16

howbeit, he, was retiring in the deserts, and engaging in prayer.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

In Context

15But the report concerning him the more went abroad, and many multitudes were coming together, to hear, and be getting cured from their infirmities;

17And it came to pass, on one of the days, that, he, was teaching, and there were sitting Pharisees and Teachers of the law, who had come out of every village of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem; and, the power of the Lord, was there, that he might heal.

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Cross References

Mark 1:35And, very early by night arising, he went out [and departed] into a desert place, and, there, was praying;

Luke 6:12And it came to pass, in these days, that he went forth into the mountain to pray, and was spending the night in the prayer-house of 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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