Mark 6:46
And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
KJV
καὶ ἀποταξάμενος αὐτοῖς ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος προσεύξασθαι.
Greek NT
Et cum dimisisset eos, abiit in montem orare.
Vulgate
And after he had taken leave of them, he departed into the mountain to pray.
ASV
And when he had dismissed them, he went up to the mountain to pray,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
ἀπέρχομαι
aperchomai
verb · 117×
ἀποτάσσομαι
apotassomai
verb · 6×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄρος
oros
noun · 64×
Historic Christian voices
2 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
- 1Pet 2:21 — For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
- Acts 20:13 — And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.
- Luke 5:16 — And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Matt 6:6 — But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ps 55:17 — Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.