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Prayer Precedes Revelation
Multiple commentators note that Luke deliberately includes Jesus's prayer before this pivotal conversation. This isn't a minor detail; it shows that major moments of revelation, like Peter's upcoming confession, are directly connected to and flow from Jesus's intimate communion with the Father. One scholar even suggests Jesus was praying for this very revelation to be given to his disciples.
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AT Robertson
On Luke 9:18
As he was praying (εν τω εινα αυτον προσευχομενον). Common Lukan idiom of εν with the articular infinitive for a temporal clause, …
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 9:18
19th Century
Bishop
And it came to pass . . .—Saint Luke, it will be noted, omits the narrative of our Lord’s walking on the water, of the fe…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 9:18
Regarding this episode, Luke omits a reference to Caesarea Philippi and inserts a reference to Jesus at prayer (v.18). Luke apparently disconnects …
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John Gill
On Luke 9:18
17th Century
Pastor
And it came to pass, as he was alone praying
To his God and Father, for himself as man, and mediator; for the succes…
Matthew Henry
On Luke 9:18–27
17th Century
Minister
It is an unspeakable comfort that our Lord Jesus is God's Anointed; this signifies that he was both appointed to be the Messiah and qualified for i…