Mark 6:46
After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.
BSB
ASV
And after he had taken leave of them, he departed into the mountain to pray.
KJV
And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
(in Marc. 2, 28) Not every man, however, who prays goes up into a mountain, but he alone prays well, who seeks God in prayer. But he who prays for riches or worldly labour, or for the death of his enemy, sends up from the lowest depths his vile prayers to God. John says, When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force and make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
1834–1892
WE have here a word of comfort given to a shipload of Believers who were where their Lord had sent them. They had been unwilling to put out to sea, though it was probably calm enough at the time, but they did not wish to leave the Lord Jesus. He constrained them to go and thus their sailing was not merely under His sanction, but by His express command. They were in their right place and yet they met with a terrible storm.
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The walk8
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Mark 1:35Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and slipped out to a solitary place to pray.
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Matthew 6:6But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
After He had sent them away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
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1 Peter 2:21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
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Whoever claims to abide in Him must walk as Jesus walked.
