Whensoever ye stand (οταν στηκετε). Late form of present indicative στηκω, from perfect stem εστηκα. In LXX. Note use of οταν as i…

And when ye stand praying. When you pray, it seems that the posture in prayer was sometimes standing and sometimes kneeling.

God lo…

And when you stand praying, forgive.—See Notes on Matthew 6:14. The reproduction of the words which are recorded as havin…

Pseudo-Jerome: The Lord, leaving darkness behind Him in the hearts of the Jews, went out like the sun from that city t…

The transition between v.24 and v.25 is abrupt, but there is a connection. To be effective prayer must be offered in faith—faith in the all-powerfu…

And when you stand praying
Are about to engage in that work, or are engaged in it, performing it in such a posture; …

The disciples could not understand why that fig tree should wither away so soon; but all who reject Christ wither. It represented the state of the …