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Luke 6:12 KJV
Luke · chapter 6 · verse 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.Luke 6:12 · King James Version
Luke 6:12 in context
10And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
11And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
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.
13And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
14Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
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Key words (Strong's)
- mountainorosa mountainG3735 →
- prayerproseuchēprayer addressed to God, a place set apart or suited for the offering of prayer, a…G4335 →
- nightdianyktereuōto spend the night, to pass the whole nightG1273 →
- nightēnI was, etcG2258 →
- passginomaito becomeG1096 →
- dayshēmerathe day, used of the natural day, or the interval between sunrise and sunset, as…G2250 →
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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, Luk 6:12.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-19