“And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.”
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed — the pattern of withdrawal for prayer is Luke's characteristic observation about Jesus' practice. Often (plēn autos ēn hypochōrōn, he himself was withdrawing into the wilderness places and praying) communicates the regular, repeated pattern. The public ministry flows from the private communion — the power for the healing comes from the prayer.
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