Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Luke 5:16

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

KJV

αὐτὸς δὲ ἦν ὑποχωρῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐρήμοις καὶ προσευχόμενος.

Greek NT

Ipse autem secedebat in desertum, et orabat.

Vulgate

But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.

ASV

And he retired into the desert; and prayed.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔρημος
eremos
adjective · 48×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑποχωρέω
upochoreo
verb · 2×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2602Jesus often draws apart to pray in solitude, on a mountain, preferably at night.46 He includes all men in his prayer, for he has taken on humanity in his incarnation, and he offers them to the Father when he offers himself. Jesus, the Word who has become flesh, shares by his human prayer in all that "his brethren" experience; he sympathizes with their weaknesses in order to fre…

Cross-references

  • John 6:15 — When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
  • Luke 3:21 — Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
  • Luke 6:12 — And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
  • Mark 1:35 — And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
  • Mark 1:35 — And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
  • Mark 6:46 — And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
  • Matt 14:23 — And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.