Luke 9:18

One day when He was praying by Himself the disciples were present; and He asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?"

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 ate and were fully satisfied, all of them; and what they had remaining over was gathered up, twelve baskets of fragments.

19"John the Baptist," they replied; "but others say Elijah; and others that some one of the ancient Prophets has come back to life."

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Cross References

Matthew 26:36Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane. And He said to the disciples, "Sit down here, whilst I go yonder and there pray."

Luke 11:1At one place where He was praying, when He rose from His knees one of His disciples said to Him, "Master, teach us to pray, just as John 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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