Luke 6:12

And when it was day,.... Or morning; having spent the whole night in prayer to God, no doubt for his disciples, whom he was about to send forth as his apostles, to preach his Gospel, and work…

And it came to pass in those days - The designation of the time here is very general. It means “about” the time when the events occurred which had been just narrated. He went out into a mountain -…

In prayer to God - Or, in the prayer of God: or, in the oratory of God, εν τῃ προσευχῃ του Θεου. So this passage is translated by many critics; for which Dr. Whitby gives the following reasons: As…

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. This evangelist takes frequent…

12-19. The Selection of the Twelve Apostles.

And it came to pass in those days, thathe went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to to do good, or to do evil Hewas intending…