And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
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Gill's Exposition
And in the morning, rising up a great white before day,.... On the morrow after the sabbath, on the first day in the morning, notwithstanding the fatigue of the former day, through preaching and…
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day - Luke says Luk 4:42, “when it was day.” The passage in Mark means, in the original, not literally “a great while before day,” but very early, or…
Adam Clarke
In the morning a great while before day - By πρωΐ, the morning, is to be understood the whole space of three hours, which finished the fourth watch of the night.
And there prayed - Not that he needed…
In these verses, we have,
I. A particular account of one miracle that Christ wrought, in the cure of Peter's wife's mother, who was ill of a fever. This passage we had before, in Matthew. Observe,
1.…
Cambridge Bible
Solitary Prayer. Tour in Galilee
35. in the morning, … a great while before day] Another graphic touch of the Evangelist. He brings the scene before our eyes. The previous day had been a long day of…
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