Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 6:12
In the prayer of God — The phrase is singular and emphatical, to imply an extraordinary and sublime devotion. Mark 3:13.
In the prayer of God — The phrase is singular and emphatical, to imply an extraordinary and sublime devotion. Mark 3:13.
Verse Luke 6:12. _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 t...
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 - Jes...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Son of Man the Lord of the Sabbath. (Luke 6:1)_ 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed. (Luke 6:6) 3. The Twelve Apostles Chosen. (Luke 6:12) 4. Blessing and Woe. ...
THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TWELVE. MIRACLES OF HEALING (Mark 3:12 *, Matthew 10:2; Matthew 12:15 *). Mk. puts the healings first. Lk. transposes his order to bring the Twelve into prominence. Jesus prepar...
THE INCREASING OPPOSITION (Luke 6:1-5)...
In these days Jesus went away into a mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he called his disciples. From them he chose twelve, whom he also called apostles--Si...
IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 6:8; Luke 6:17. Luk 6:-23. A. the. TO PRAY. The third of seven such occasions in Luke. See note on Luke 3:21. CONTINUED ALL NIGHT. Pecu...
12-19. _The Selection of the Twelve Apostles._ And it came to pass in those days, _that_he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to _to do good, or to do evil He_was int...
12-19. The Selection of the Twelve Apostles. 12. _in those days_ wearied with their incessant espionage and opposition. Probably these two last incidents belong to a later period in the ministry, _fol...
ἘΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ἩΜΈΡΑΙΣ ΤΑΎΤΑΙΣ, ‘_in these days_,’ wearied with their incessant espionage and opposition. Probably these two last incidents belong to a later period in the ministry, _following_ the Sermon o...
THE SELECTION OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES...
Ver 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. 13. And when it was day, he called to him his disciples: and of them he c...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Luke 6:1. ΈΞΕΛΘΕΪΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΈΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831) выходить. _Inf._ с _предл._ выражает одновременность действия, ΠΡΟΣΕΎΞΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΠΡ...
DISCOURSE: 1493 THE APOSTLES CHOSEN Luke 6:12. _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. And when it was day, he called un...
IN PRAYER TO GOD.— 'Εν τη προσευχη του Θεου, in a _proseucha, oratory,_ or _prayer-house of God._ These _proseuchas,_ or houses of prayer, were common in Judea: it is well known that they were open at...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Ministering (Luke 6:12-19) 12 In these days he went out to the mountain to pray; and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13And when it was day, he called his discipl...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Jesus Selects the Twelve Apostles Scripture_ Luke 6:12-16 And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to...
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. AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS, THAT HE WENT OUT (PROBABLY FROM CAPERNAUM), A...
6 Jewish tradition carried sabbath observance to ridiculous lengths. They gravely discussed whether it is lawful to put out one's hand to give to a beggar, and how far! They disagreed as to whether it...
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE (Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:13). See on Mt and Mk....
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE. SERMON IN THE PLAIN 1-5. Plucking the ears of corn (Matthew 12:1; Mark 2:23). See on Mt and Mk....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 HOW TO USE THE *SABBATH 6:1-11 1. THE *DISCIPLES IN THE FIELDS OF CORN 6:1-5 V1 Jesus was walking through some fields of wheat on a *Sabbath. His...
HE WENT OUT INTO A MOUNTAIN TO PRAY. — Better, _into the mountain,_ or, _the hill-country._ The stress laid on the prayers of Jesus is again characteristic of St. Luke. CONTINUED ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER T...
Luke 18:1 CHAPTER 11 CONCERNING PRAYER. WHEN the Greeks called man ό ανθρωπος, or the "uplooking one," they did but crystallize in a word what is a universal fact, the religious instinct of humanit...
_On the hill_ (Matthew 4:24-25; Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:7-19)....
ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις : a vague expression, but suggestive of some connection with foregoing encounters. ἐξελθεῖν, went out; whence not indicated, probably from a town (Capernaum?) into the solitude...
NEW LEADERS AND NEW PRINCIPLES Luke 6:12-26 There are three circles here: _First,_ Christ and His Apostles-the men who were to be sent into all the world to preach the gospel and to lay the foundati...
In a synagogue our Lord healed the man with a withered hand, and the religious watchers were filled with anger because, according to their view, our Lord had desecrated the Sabbath. Surely, there is n...
(3) 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. (3) In using earnest and long prayer in choosing twelve of his own company t...
THIRD CYCLE: FROM THE ELECTION OF THE TWELVE TO THEIR FIRST MISSION, LUKE 6:12 TO LUKE 8:56. In the following section we shall see the Galilean ministry reach its zenith; it begins with the institutio...
1 _st. Luke 6:12-19_. _Choosing of the Twelve._ VER. 12. Luke has already brought before us more than once the need of prayer, which so often drew Jesus away into solitude (Luke 4:42; Luke 5:16). But...
(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. I would beg to notice this verse by itself. There is somewhat very striking...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_THE PRAYING CHRIST_ ‘He … continued all night in prayer.’ Luke 6:12 Our Lord’s choice of the Twelve marks a crisis in His ministry. Before the choice He spent the night in prayer. The praying Chri...
The circumstances related in Luke 6:1-10 have reference to the same truth, and in an important aspect. The sabbath was the sign of the covenant between Israel and God rest after finished works. The Ph...
AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS,.... When Christ was teaching by the lake of Gennesaret, or in one or other of the cities of Galilee near that place: THAT HE WENT OUT; of the synagogue and city whe...
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. Ver. 12. _He went out into a mountain to pray_] He premiseth prayer, being to ma...
_And it came to pass in those days_ Namely, of his teaching near the sea of Galilee; _that he went out into a mountain to pray_ Jesus, seeing the general notice which was taken of his appearance, and...
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. On the other Sabbath, the one following that on which the Lord had given the Phari...
The man with the withered hand:...
LORD OF THE SABBATH (vs.1-11) "The second Sabbath after the first" is literally translated the "second-first Sabbath" (JND trans.), an unusual expression. The first Sabbath was that following the Pas...
12-19 We often think one half hour a great deal to spend in meditation and secret prayer, but Christ was whole nights engaged in these duties. In serving God, our great care should be not to lose tim...
OLBGrk; Those who straining this text would interpret the words, en th proseuch, for, the place of prayer, will be concerned to find us out that house of prayer which stood in this mountain, or to tel...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV Surely to Sion He brings good tidings, and to Jerusalem peace and all blessings; He goes up into a mountain, and there spends a night in prayer,[423] Cyprian Epist...
Luke 6:12 Now G1161 pass G1096 (G5633) in G1722 those G5025 days G2250 out G1831 (G5627) to...
‘And it came about in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.' We should note that prior to choosing the twelve Jesus went into the mountai...
THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW ISRAEL (6:12-19). After revealing what He has come to be, Jesus now goes about establishing the new Israel. He appoints leaders for the twelve tribes (Luke 6:1...
The choice of the Twelve (Luke 6:12-16). Comp. Mark 3:13-19; Matthew gives the list of Apostles in the account of their being sent forth (Matthew 10; comp. Mark 6:7 f
Luke 6:12. THE MOUNTAIN. Comp. Matthew 5:1. A strong hint of identity with that occasion. CONTINUED ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD. Peculiar to Luke. Prayer before the great choice. Conflict too, since...
HE WENT OUT INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO PRAY (εξελθειν αυτον εις το ορος προσευξασθα). Note εξ- where Mark 3:13 hasGOETH UP (αναβαινε). Luke alone has "to pray" as he so often notes the habit of prayer...
CONTENTS: Jesus and the Sabbath. Healing of a withered hand. Choosing of the twelve. Sermon on the Mount. Parable of the house built on a rock. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, Pharisees, David, ma...
Luke 6:1. _On the second sabbath after the first._ The Hebrew law is, Leviticus 23:11, on the morrow after the sabbath, the priest shall wave the sheaf east and west, north and south, to denote the un...
JESUS WENT UP A HILL TO PRAY. Jesus prepared for each crisis or important event, by praying....
_And continued all night in prayer to God_ SPECIAL PROTRACTED PRAYER If any man of woman born might bare lived without prayer it was surely the Lord Jesus. In some parts of prayer He could take no...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 6:12 Jesus appoints 12 apostles, then gives extended teaching to a large group of disciples, including what is often called the “Sermon on the Plain” (vv. Luke 6:20; compare the “Ser...
JESUS SELECTS THE TWELVE DISCIPLES MARK 3:13-19; LUKE 6:12-16; MARK 3:13 And he goeth up into a mountain, Luke 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that
CHAPTER 6 VER. 1. _And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after the first._ On the second Sabbath. The Arabic version. What was this Sabbath? 1. The eighth day of unleavened bread or the last day...
_He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God_ communing with God in prayer, asking the Father that He might choose for the ministry men fitted to be apostles, and wou...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 6:12. WENT OUT.—_I.e._ from Capernaum. A MOUNTAIN.—Rather, “_the_ mountain” (R.V.)—that is, the mountainous country, the high table-land above the Lake of Gennesaret. PRAYER TO G...
EXPOSITION LUKE 6:1 _The Lord_'_s teaching on the question of the observance of the sabbath._ LUKE 6:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SECOND SABBATH AFTER THE FIRST. The expression accompanying this n...
Now it came to pass on the second Sabbath (Luke 6:1) Now He is going to deal with a couple of instances on the Sabbath day. We've been introduced now to the Pharisees; they're beginning to really get...
Colossians 4:2; Daniel 6:10; Genesis 32:24; Hebrews 5:7; Mark 1:35;...
A mountain [τ ο ο ρ ο ς]. The article denotes a familiar place. Rev., rightly, the mountain. Continued all night [η ν δ ι α ν υ κ τ ε ρ ε υ ω ν]. Only here in New Testament. Used in medical language....
Observe here, 1. The duty which our holy Lord performed: the duty of prayer. We have much more business with God in prayer than Christ had; he had no sins to confess, no want of grace to make known, y...