Luke 5:16
“¶ And he withdrew himselfe into the wildernesse, and prayed.”
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Luke 5:16 Context
14And hee charged him to tell no man: but, Goe, and shewe thy selfe to the Priest, and offer for thy clensing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimonie vnto them. 15But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him, and great multitudes came together to heare, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16¶ And he withdrew himselfe into the wildernesse, and prayed. 17And it came to passe on a certaine day, as hee was teaching, that there were Pharisees and Doctours of the Law sitting by, which were come out of euery towne of Galilee, and Iudea, and Hierusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heale them. 18¶ And behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsie: and they sought meanes to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
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Other Translations for Luke 5:16
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
- King James Version
But Jesus Himself would {often} slip away to the wilderness and pray.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer.
- Basic English Bible
And *he* withdrew himself, and was about in the desert [places] and praying.
- Darby Bible
And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
- Webster's Bible
but Jesus Himself constantly withdrew into the Desert and there prayed.
- Weymouth Bible
But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.
- World English Bible
And he wente in to desert, and preiede.
- Wycliffe Bible
and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 5:16
5:16 He withdrew - The expression in the original implies, that he did so frequently.