Mark Chapter 6 verse 46 Holy Bible
And after he had taken leave of them, he departed into the mountain to pray.
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And after he had sent them away, he went up into a mountain for prayer.
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And, having dismissed them, he departed into the mountain to pray.
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And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
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After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.
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and having taken leave of them, he went away to the mountain to pray.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 46, 47. - St. Mark is careful, like St. Matthew, to tell us that when the even was come he was alone on the land. Both the evangelists desire to call attention to the fact that, when night came on, the disciples were alone in their boat and Jesus alone on the land. It was nightfall; and St. John informs us that "the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew." Then it was that the Lord left his place of prayer on the mountain, and walked upon the sea, that he might succor his disciples now distressed by the storm. It would appear that our Lord had been obliged to use a little pressure to induce his disciples to leave him: "He constrained them (ἠνάγκασε τοὺς μαθητὰς αὑτοῦ) Verse 46 - And when he had sent them away (ἀποταξάμενος) - more literally, had taken leave of them, that is, the multitude - he departed into a mountain (εἰς τὸ ὄρος); literally, into the mountain; that is, the high table-land at the foot of which the multitude had been fed. Towards the north-east of the Sea of Galilee the land rises rapidly from the shore. To pray (προσεύξασθαι). This is a very full word, implying the outpouring of the heart to God. Our Lord did this that he might teach us in our prayers to shun the crowd, and to pray in silence and in secret, with collected mind. There is here, too, a special example for the clergy, namely, this: that when they have preached they should go apart and pray that God would make effectual that which they have delivered; that he would himself give the increase where they have planted and watered, and renew their spiritual strength, that they may return again to their labour refreshed by communion with him.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(46-52) And when he had sent them away.--See Notes on Matthew 14:22-33.
