Mark 1:35

Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place

35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

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Mark 1:35 in Other Translations

KJV

35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

ESV

35 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.

NLT

35 Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.

MSG

35 While it was still night, way before dawn, he got up and went out to a secluded spot and prayed.

CSB

35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, He got up, went out, and made His way to a deserted place. And He was praying there.

Mark 1:35 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:35

And in the morning, rising up a great white before day,
&c.] On the morrow after the sabbath, on the first day in the morning, notwithstanding the fatigue of the former day, through preaching and working miracles; yet he rose up very early while it was very much within the night, as the light and day were coming on, and before the day broke; though it might be broad day before he departed out of the house, as Luke suggests, ( Luke 4:42 ) ,

he went out;
out of the house of Simon and Andrew, and out of the city of Capernaum, leaving his disciples and friends behind him:

and departed into a solitary place, and there he prayed;
as man, to his God and Father; it may be for his disciples he had lately chosen; for himself, as man, that he might be strengthened as such for service; and for success in his ministry, and that his Gospel might run and be glorified; he chose a desert, and solitary place, for the sake of retirement, from the crowd of people that attended at Peter's door; where he could not be alone, and in private, and as most suitable for the exercise of prayer. His early and private devotion may be an example to us.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible