And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
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Barnes' Notes
As he was praying - Luke has taken notice of our Saviour’s praying often. Thus, at his baptism Luk 3:21; in the wilderness Luk 5:16; before the appointment of the apostles, he continued all night in…
Adam Clarke
Teach us to pray - See the nature of prayer, with an ample explanation of the different parts of the Lord's Prayer, treated of in Mat 6:5-16 (note). The prayer related here by Luke is not precisely…
Prayer is one of the great laws of natural religion. That man is a brute, is a monster, that never prays, that never gives glory to his Maker, nor feels his favour, nor owns his dependence upon him.…
Luk 9:51 to Luk 18:31. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance.
This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical…
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