Luca 5:16

16 Ma egli si ritirava ne’ luoghi deserti e pregava.

Luca 5:16 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 5:16

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness
Into a desert place, that he might have rest from the fatigues of preaching and healing diseases; and being alone, and free from company, might have an opportunity for private prayer to God, for so it lows:

and prayed;
this is to be understood of Christ, as man: as God, he is the object of prayer, and petitions are often addressed unto him; and as mediator, he offers up the prayers of all saints, and presents them to his Father; which are acceptable to him, through the incense of his mediation; and as man, he prayed himself: what he now prayed for, is not known; sometimes he prayed for his disciples, and for all that should believe; for their conversion, sanctification, union, perseverance, and glorification; and sometimes for himself, that the cup might pass from him, and he be saved from death; but always with submission to the will of his Father.

Luca 5:16 In-Context

14 E Gesù gli comandò di non dirlo a nessuno: Ma va’, gli disse, mostrati al sacerdote ed offri per la tua purificazione quel che ha prescritto Mosè; e ciò serva loro di testimonianza.
15 Però la fama di lui si spandeva sempre più; e molte turbe si adunavano per udirlo ed esser guarite delle loro infermità.
16 Ma egli si ritirava ne’ luoghi deserti e pregava.
17 Ed avvenne, in uno di que’ giorni, ch’egli stava insegnando; ed eran quivi seduti de’ Farisei e de’ dottori della legge, venuti da tutte le borgate della Galilea, della Giudea e da Gerusalemme; e la potenza del Signore era con lui per compier delle guarigioni.
18 Ed ecco degli uomini che portavano sopra un letto un paralitico, e cercavano di portarlo dentro e di metterlo davanti a lui.
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