After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.
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After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.
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And assone as he had sent them away he departed into a moutayne to praye.
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Then assoone as he had sent them away, he departed into a mountaine to pray.
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Passages linked to Mark 6:46 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Mark 1:35 Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.
- Matthew 6:6 But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
- Luke 6:12 In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
- Matthew 14:23 After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.
- 1 Peter 2:21 For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain His disciples.
His disciples.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 46 And when he had sent them away, he…
46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
Ver. 46. And when they had sent them away] viz. the people, Mar 6:45, and that with tokens of singular good will, as the Greek word αποταξαμενος signifies, and so is used Luk 9:61; Act 18:21.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when even was come,.... The second evening, and…
And when even was come,.... The second evening, and it was properly night:
the ship was in the midst of the sea; of Galilee, about twenty five or thirty furlongs from the shore; see Joh 6:19;
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and he alone on the land; upon the mountain. This is observed, partly to show what distress the disciples were in, in the midst of the sea, having a hard gale of wind, and their master not with them; and partly to show that there was no way, humanly speaking, of Christ's getting to the ship, in order to go over; and is an illustration of the following miracle, of walking so many furlongs, as he must, upon the water, in a stormy, blustering night, to get to it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Matt. xiv, 23; John vi, 15.
Matt. xiv, 23; John vi, 15.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (46-52) And when he had sent them away.—See Notes…
(46-52) And when he had sent them away.—See Notes on Mat_14:22-33.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 46, 47. St. Mark is careful, like St.…
Vers. 46, 47. St. Mark is careful, like St. Matthew, to tell us that when the even was come he was alone on the land. Both the evangelists desire to call attention to the fact that, when night came on, the disciples were alone in their boat and Jesus alone on the land. It was nightfall; and St. John informs us that "the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew." Then it was that the Lord left his place of prayer on the mountain, and walked upon the sea, that he might succor his disciples now distressed by the storm. It would appear that our Lord had been obliged to use a little pressure to induce his disciples to leave him: "He constrained them (hnagkase tou). And when he had sent them away (apotaxamenov) more literally, had taken leave of them, that is, the multitude he departed into a mountain (eiv to orov); literally, into the mountain; that is, the high table-land at the foot of which the multitude had been fed. Towards the north-east of the Sea of Galilee the land rises rapidly from the shore. To pray (proseuxasyai).This is a very full word, implying the outpouring of the heart to God. Our Lord did this that he might teach us in our prayers to shun the crowd, and to pray in silence and in secret, with collected mind. There is here, too, a special example for the clergy, namely, this: that when they have preached they should go apart and pray that God would make effectual that which they have delivered; that he would himself give the increase where they have planted and watered, and renew their spiritual strength, that they may return again to their labour refreshed by communion with him.
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