Lucas 5:16

16 Así que Jesús muchas veces se alejaba al desierto para orar.

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 Entonces Jesús le dio instrucciones de que no dijera a nadie lo que había sucedido. Le dijo:

15 Sin embargo, a pesar de las instrucciones de Jesús, la noticia de su poder corrió aún más, y grandes multitudes llegaron para escucharlo predicar y ser sanados de sus enfermedades.

16 Así que Jesús muchas veces se alejaba al desierto para orar.

17 Jesús sana a un paralítico
Cierto día, mientras Jesús enseñaba, algunos fariseos y maestros de la ley religiosa estaban sentados cerca. (Al parecer, esos hombres habían llegado de todas las aldeas de Galilea y Judea, y también de Jerusalén). Y el poder sanador del Señor estaba presente con fuerza en Jesús.

18 Unos hombres llegaron cargando a un paralítico en una camilla. Trataron de llevarlo dentro a donde estaba Jesús,