Luke 5:16

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
withdrew	ὑποχωρῶν hupochōrōn	G5298	to vacate down · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine
himself	αὐτὸς autos	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — nominative singular masculine
into	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
wilderness	ἐρήμοις erēmois	G2048	desert · adjective — dative plural feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
prayed	προσευχόμενος.¶ proseuchomenos	G4336	to pray to God · verb — present middle or passive deponent participle, nominative singular masculine

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Cross-references

Mark 1:35-36 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there 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.
Matthew 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.
Mark 6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
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 alo…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:12-16

Here is, I. The cleansing of a leper, Luk 5:12-14. This narrative we had both in Matthew and Mark. It is here said to have been in a certain city (Luk 5:12); it was in Capernaum, but the evangelist would not name it, perhaps because it was a reflection upon the government of the city that a leper was suffered to be in it. This man is said to be full of leprosy; he had that distemper in a high degree, which the more fitly represents our natural pollution by sin; we are full of that leprosy, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot there is no soundness in us. Now let us learn here, 1. What we must do in the sense of our spiritual leprosy. (1.) We must seek Jesus, enquire after him,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 5:15

LEPER HEALED. (Luk 5:12-16) But so, &c.--(See Mar 1:45).

Adam Clarke on Luke 5:16

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness - Or rather, He frequently withdrew into the desert. This I believe to be the import of the original words, ην ὑποχωρων. He made it a frequent custom to withdraw from the multitudes for a time, and pray, teaching hereby the ministers of the Gospel that they are to receive fresh supplies of light and power from God by prayer, that they may be the more successful in their work; and that they ought to seek frequent opportunities of being in private with God and their books. A man can give nothing unless he first receive it; and no man can be successful in the ministry who does not constantly depend upon God, for the excellence of the power is all fro…

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John Gill on Luke 5:16

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness,.... Into a desert place, that he might have rest from the fatigues of preaching and healing diseases; and being alone, and free from company, might have an opportunity for private prayer to God, for so it lows: and prayed; this is to be understood of Christ, as man: as God, he is the object of prayer, and petitions are often addressed unto him; and as mediator, he offers up the prayers of all saints, and presents them to his Father; which are acceptable to him, through the incense of his mediation; and as man, he prayed himself: what he now prayed for, is not known; sometimes he prayed for his disciples, and for all that should believe; for their…

The Church Fathers

The sick of the palsy is healed, and that in public, in the sight of the people.
— Tertullian, Against Marcion Book IV

Now that He retired to pray, you would not ascribe to that nature which says, I will, be thou clean, but to that which putting forth the hand touched the leprous man, not that according to Nestorius there is a double person of the Son, but of the same person, as there are two natures, so are there two operations.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(Mor. xxviii. c. 13.) Our Redeemer performs His miracles by day, and passes the night in prayer, as it follows, And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed, hinting, as it were, to perfect preachers, that as neither they should entirely desert the active life from love of contemplation, so neither should they despise the joys of contemplation from an excess of activity, but in silent thought imbibe that which they might afterwards give back in words to their neighbours.
— Gregory the Dialogist ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Galilee, Sea of — (Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names. (1.) In the Old Testament it is called the “sea of Chinnereth” (Num. 34:11; Josh. 12:3; 13:27), as is supposed from its…

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Luke 5:16

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:12-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 5:15

Adam Clarke on Luke 5:16

John Gill on Luke 5:16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Luke 5:16

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 5:12-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 5:15

Adam Clarke on Luke 5:16

John Gill on Luke 5:16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Luke 5:12-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 5:14