42And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
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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.
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. …
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 31-44)When Christ was expelled Nazareth, he came to Capernaum, another city of Galilee. The account we have in these verses of his preaching and miracles there we had before, Mark 1:21 Observe, I. His preaching: He taught them on the sabbath days , Luke 4:31. In hearing the word preached, as an ordinance of God, we worship God , and it is a proper work for sabbath days . Christ’s preaching much affected…
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