Lucas 9:10

10 Y vueltos los apóstoles, le contaron todas las cosas que habían hecho. Y tomándolos, se retiró aparte a un lugar desierto de la ciudad que se llama Betsaida

Lucas 9:10 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:10

And the apostles, when they were returned
From the several parts of the land where they had been sent, and had been preaching and working miracles, having gone through their circuit, and finished the service they were sent to do:

told him all they had done;
what doctrines they had taught, how they had been received, and what success they met with, what miracles they had wrought, how they had dispossessed devils, and healed all sorts of diseases:

and he took them and went aside privately;
by ship, over some part of the sea of Galilee; (See Gill on Mark 6:32)

into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida;
the city of Andrew and Peter, ( John 1:44 ) , and which, as Josephus ^F18 says, was by the lake of Gennesaret, and by Philip called Julias; and this desert place was the desert of Bethsaida, a lonely, wild, uncultivated, and desolate place, not far from it. Hither Christ went with his disciples, that they might be retired and alone, and have some refreshment and rest from their labours, and where they might privately converse together; and he give them some fresh instructions, and directions, and comfort.

---

FOOTNOTES:

F18 Antiqu. l. 18. c. 3.

Lucas 9:10 In-Context

8 Y otros: Elías ha aparecido; y otros: Algún profeta de los antiguos ha resucitado

9 Y dijo Herodes: A Juan yo degollé: ¿quién pues será éste, de quien yo oigo tales cosas? Y procuraba verle

10 Y vueltos los apóstoles, le contaron todas las cosas que habían hecho. Y tomándolos, se retiró aparte a un lugar desierto de la ciudad que se llama Betsaida

11 Y cuando lo entendió el pueblo, le siguió; y él los recibió, y les hablaba del Reino de Dios, y sanó a los que tenían necesidad de cura

12 Y el día había comenzado a declinar; y acercándose los doce, le dijeron: Despide a la multitud, para que yendo a las aldeas y heredades de alrededor, procedan a alojarse y hallen viandas; porque aquí estamos en lugar desierto