12And 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
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.
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. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-19)In these verses, we have our Lord Jesus in secret , in his family , and in public ; and in all three acting like himself. I. In secret we have him praying to God , Luke 6:12. This evangelist takes frequent notice of Christ’s retirements, to give us an example of secret prayer, by which we must keep up our communion with God daily, and without which it is impossible that the soul should prosper. In…
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