LUKE 22:41 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,”
He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed — withdrew about a stone's throw: the spatial separation for the private prayer. Knelt down (theis ta gonata): Luke's specification of the kneeling posture — the prostration of supplication.
Church Fathers on Luke 22:41
As He was to be betrayed by His disciple, our Lord goes to the place of His wonted retirement, where He might most easily be found; as it follows, And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives.
By day He was in Jerusalem, but when the darkness of night came on He held converse with His disciples on the mount of Olives; as it is added, And his disciples followed.
Now after supper our Lord betakes Himself not to idleness or sleep, but to prayer and teaching. Hence it follows, And when he was at the place, he said to them, Pray, &c.
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