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.