Lucas 5:16

16 Pero con frecuencia El se retiraba a lugares solitarios y oraba.

Lucas 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.

Lucas 5:16 In-Context

14 Y El le mandó que no se lo dijera a nadie. Pero andale dijo, muéstrate al sacerdote y da una ofrenda por tu purificación según lo ordenó Moisés, para que les sirva de testimonio.

15 Y su fama se difundía cada vez más, y grandes multitudes se congregaban para oírle y ser sanadas de sus enfermedades.

16 Pero con frecuencia El se retiraba a lugares solitarios y oraba.

17 Y un día que El estaba enseñando, había allí sentados algunos fariseos y maestros de la ley que habían venido de todas las aldeas de Galilea y Judea, y de Jerusalén; y el poder del Señor estaba con El para sanar.

18 Y he aquí, unos hombres trajeron en una camilla a un hombre que estaba paralítico; y trataban de meterlo y ponerlo delante de Jesús.