“And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.”
After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray — the mountain and the prayer are the counterpoint to the miracle: after feeding five thousand and before walking on water, Jesus goes alone to pray. The pattern is consistent throughout Mark: major public ministry preceded or followed by private communion with the Father. The mountain setting mirrors the transfiguration mountain and the Olivet Discourse — mountains are the places of divine encounter.
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