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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Luke 5:16

Christ did not stand in need of this retirement, since, being God, he was free from every stain, and likewise present in every place. But, by this his conduct, he wished to teach us the time most proper, both for our active employments, and for the more sublime duties of prayer and contemplation. (St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Orat. xxviii.) --- Greek: en upochoron, he withdrew after his great prodigies, to avoid the praise of the multitude, and to pray assiduously, and with fresh instance, for the salvation of man.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Luke 5:16. _AND HE WITHDREW HIMSELF INTO THE WILDERNESS_] Or rather, _He frequently withdrew into the desert_. This I believe to be the import of the original words, ην υποχωρων. He made it a f...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See the notes at Matthew 8:2....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WITHDREW. continued withdrawn. Peculiar to Luke here, and Luke 9:10. INTO. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. PRAYED. Greek. _proseuchomai._ App-134. The second recorded occasion in Luke; see Luke 3:21....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    THE HEALING OF A LEPER...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 12. And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. 13. And...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE LEPER CLEANSED (Matthew 8:1; Mark 1:40). See on Mt....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (12-16) A MAN FULL OF LEPROSY. — See Notes on Matthew 8:2. The precise description is peculiar to, and characteristic of, St. Luke, as is also the man’s “falling on his face.” The latter is interestin...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The leper_ (Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    CLEANSING, POWER AND PARDON Luke 5:12-26 Jesus did not hesitate to touch the leper, because He could no more be polluted by uncleanness than could a ray of light by passing through a fetid atmospher...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

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  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE HEALING OF A LEPER AND OF A PARALYTIC. Luke 5:12 Healing a leper:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    We meet with Christ often commending to us the duty of secret prayer, by his own example, as he had done by his precept, MATTHEW 6:1, and always choosing for it the most private and retired places, to...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 5:16 So G1161 Himself G846 withdrew G2258 (G5713) G5298 (G5723) into G1722 wilderness G2048 and...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:_ What a contrast there was between these two persons, the Lord Jesus full of purity, and this man full of...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:1. _And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone ou...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:_ As far gone with leprosy as he could be; thoroughly tainted, and eaten up with that loathsome disease....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Miraculous draught of fishes. Healing of a leper and a paralytic. Call of Matthew. The scribes and Pharisees answered. Parables of the garment and bottles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Simon, Ja...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Luke 5:3. _He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship._ Here he used those beautiful parables, in Matthew 13.; but Matthew's gospel being extant, St. Luke does not repeat the parables in this...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    A MAN WHO WAS COVERED WITH LEPROSY. See notes on Matthew 8:1-4....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And He withdrew Himself into the wilderness and prayed_ JESUS PRAYING What were the special reasons which led our Lord at this time to go away for prayer. I. THE NEED OF INWARD REFRESHMENT OF WHIC...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 5:16 WOULD WITHDRAW... AND PRAY could also be translated “was regularly withdrawing... and praying.” ⇐...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 5 VER. 6. _They inclosed a great multitude of fishes_ for Peter had said, "At Thy word I will let down the net." "Behold here the fruit and reward of obedience. Jesus did this 1. In order that...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 5:12.—St. Matthew gives a distinct note of time and place when and where this miracle was wrought: it was after the Sermon on the Mount, and as Jesus came down from the mount, th...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION When St. Luke compiled his Gospel, many of the circumstances connected with the early relations of the leaders of Christianity with their Founder were so well known, and had been so often r...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel chapter 5. The popularity of the ministry of Jesus is growing. Word is being spread around of the miracles that are being wrought by Him, and now where...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    John 6:15; Luke 6:12; Mark 1:35; Mark 1:36; Mark 6:46;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Withdrew [η ν υ π ο χ ω ρ ω ν]. The participle with the imperfect of the finite verb denoting something in progress, and thus corresponding to the imperfect in verse 15. The multitudes were coming tog...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He withdrew — The expression in the original implies, that he did so frequently....

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    The duty of private and solitary prayer is not more strictly enjoined by our Saviour's command, than it is recommended to us by his example. Observe, 1. The duty which our holy Lord performed: PRAYER....

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