Luke Chapter 6 verse 12 Holy Bible
And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
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And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God.
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And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.
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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.
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It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
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And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 12-19. - The choice of the twelve. Verse 12. And it came to pass in those days. That is to say, in the course of his ministry in Galilee, especially in the thickly populated district lying round the Lake of Genessaret, and after the events related in ch. 5. and the first eleven verses of ch. 6, Jesus proceeded to choose, out of the company of those who had especially attached themselves to him, twelve who should henceforth be always with him. These he purposed to train up as the authorized exponents of his doctrine, and as the future leaders of his Church. Things had assumed a new aspect during the last few months. Jerusalem and the hierarchy, supported by the great teachers of that form of Judaism which for so long a period had swayed the hearts of the people, had, although not yet openly, declared against the views and teaching of Jesus. His acts - but far more his words - had gathered round him, especially in Galilee, in the north and central districts of Palestine, a large and rapidly increasing following. It was necessary that some steps should be taken at once to introduce among the people who had received his words gladly, some kind of organization; hence the formal choice of the twelve, who from henceforth stood nearest to him. We possess the following four lists of these twelve men: - Matthew 10:2-4.... Simon Andrew James . . .
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) He went out into a mountain to pray.--Better, into the mountain, or, the hill-country. The stress laid on the prayers of Jesus is again characteristic of St. Luke.Continued all night in prayer to God.--The original, at least, admits of another rendering. The word translated "prayer" (proseuche) had come to be applied to the place dedicated to prayer--the chapel or oratory by the river-side, or on the mountain-side, where there was a running stream available for ablutions, to which devout Jews could retire for their devotions. Such a proseuche there seems to have been at Philippi (Acts 16:13). Another is named at Halicarnassus. Such, the language of Roman poets (in qua te qu?ro proseucha, Juvenal, Sat. iii. 296) shows us, there were at Rome. The fact mentioned by Josephus that there was one near Tiberias (Life, c. 54) shows that they were not unknown in Galilee. The precise combination of words--literally, in the prayer of God--is not found elsewhere for prayer as offered to God.
