I pray (egw erwtw). Request, not question, as in Hebrews 16:23 . Not for the world (ou peri tou kosmou). Now at this point in the prayer Christ mean...
He went out into the mountains to pray (exelqein auton ei to oro proseuxasqai). Note ex- where Mark 3:13 has goeth up (anabainei). Luke alone has t...
Overview - Jeremiah 7 1?Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity. 8?He rejects their vain confidence, 12?by the ex...
Overview - 2?Chronicles 6 1?Solomon, having blessed the people, blesses God. 12?Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the temple, upon the brasen sc...
Overview - 1?Samuel 7 1?They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house of Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar, his son to keep it. 2?After twenty yea...
Chapter 1515:7? And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto...
VainEmpty; foolish; useless.But when ye pray, use not VAIN repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much spea...
Psalms 88:13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord Formerly, and had been heard, answered, and relieved, and which was an encouragement to cry again to h...
Letter CXXIII(1) Letter CXXIII(1) To Urbicius, the monk.(2) You were to have come to see me (and the blessing was drawing near) to cool me, aflame i...
Matthew 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, &c.] As the Scribes and Pharisees; whose posture in prayer, the places they ch...
John 17:9 I pray for them This is to be understood of Christ, not as God; for as such he is the object of prayer; nor need he pray to any other; nor i...
1 Thessalonians 5:25 Brethren, pray for us.] Which is added with great beauty and propriety, after the apostle had so earnestly and affectionately pra...
Letter CCLXXXI.(1) Letter CCLXXXI.(1) To Modestus the Prefect.I AM mindful of the great honour I received in the encouragement you gave me, along wit...
Overview - Luke 11 1?Christ teaches us to pray, and that instantly; 11?assuring us that God will give all good things to them that ask him. 14?He, cas...
Overview - Matthew 9 1?Christ cures one sick of the palsy; 9?calls Matthew from the receipt of custom; 10?eats with publicans and sinners; 14?defends...
Overview - James 5 1?Wicked rich men are to fear God's vengeance. 7?We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of the prophets, and Job...
Overview - James 5 1?Wicked rich men are to fear God's vengeance. 7?We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of the prophets, and Job...
Overview - James 5 1?Wicked rich men are to fear God's vengeance. 7?We ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of the prophets, and Job...
Overview - 1?Samuel 3 1?How the word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel. 11?God tells Samuel the destruction of Eli's house. 15?Samuel, though l...
Overview - 1?Kings 19 1?Elijah, threatened by Jezebel, flees to Beer-sheba. 4?In the wilderness, being weary of his life, he is comforted by an angel...