Tree of Life Version
Luke 5:16
16Yet He would often slip away into the wilderness and pray.
Luke 5:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
- New International Version (NIV)But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.
Context of Luke 5:16
14Yeshua ordered him to tell no one, but commanded him, “Go and show yourself to the kohen. Then bring an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” 15But the news about Yeshua was spreading all the more, and many crowds were coming together to hear and to be healed of their diseases. Yet He would often slip away into the wilderness and pray. 17Now on one of those days, Yeshua was teaching. Pharisees and Torah scholars were sitting there, who had come from every village of the Galilee and Judea, as well as from Jerusalem. And Adonai’s power to heal was in Him. 18And behold, men were carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher, trying to bring him in and place him before Yeshua.
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αὐτὸς δὲ ἦν ὑποχωρῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐρήμοις καὶ προσευχόμενος.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Luke 5:16
- Luke 6:12And it was during these days that Yeshua went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent all night in prayer to God.
- Matthew 14:23After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the hillside by Himself to pray. And when evening came, He was there alone.
- Mark 1:35Very early, while it was still night, Yeshua got up, left, and went away to a place in the wilderness; and there He was praying.
- Mark 6:46After leaving them, He went up on the hillside to pray.
- John 6:15Realizing that they were about to come and seize Him by force to make Him king, Yeshua withdrew again to the mountain, Himself alone.
Commentaries on Luke 5:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16And he withdrew himself into the wilderness - Or rather, He frequently withdrew into the desert. This I believe to be the import of the original words, ̔ . He made it a frequent custom to withdraw from the multitudes for a time, and pray, teaching hereby the ministers of the Gospel that they are to receive fresh supplies of light and power from God by prayer, that they may be the more successful in their work; and that they ought to seek frequent…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-16Verses 12-16 See the notes at Matthew 8:2-4.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-16Verses 12-16 This man is said to be full of leprosy; he had that distemper in a high degree, which represents our natural pollution by sin; we are full of that leprosy; from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot there is no soundness in us. Strong confidence and deep humility are united in the words of this leper. And if any sinner, from a deep sense of vileness, says, I know the Lord can cleanse, but will he look upon such a one as me? will he…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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