Luk 6:12 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 12. In prayer to God. ] Or, in the prayer of God : or, in the oratory of God , εντηπροσευχητουθεου. So this passage is translated by many critics; for which Dr. Whitby gives the following reasons: As the mountain of God , ; the bread of God , ; the lamp of God , ; the vessels of God , ; the altar of God , ; the sacrifices of God , ; the gifts of God , ; the ministers of God , ; the tabernacle of God , ; the temple of God , ; the synagogues of God , ; are all things consecrated or appropriated to God's service; so προσευχητου θεου must, in all reason, be a house of prayer to God ; whence it is called τοποςπροσευχης, a place of prayer , 1 Mac. iii. 46; and so the word is certainly used ; and by Philo , in his oration against Flaccus , where he complains that αιπροσευχαι, their houses for prayer were pulled down , and there was no place left in which they might worship God, or pray for Caesar; and by Josephus , who says the multitude was gathered ειςτηςπροσευχην, into the house of prayer : and so Juvenal , Sat. iii. v. 296, speaks to the mendicant Jew:- Ede ubi consistas; in qua te quaero proseucha? In what house of prayer may I find thee begging? See on . But on this it may be observed, that as the mountains of God , the wind of God , the hail of God , the trees of God , &c., mean very high mountains, a very strong wind, great and terrible hail, very tall trees, &c., so προσευχητου θεου, here, may be very properly translated the prayer of God ; i.e. very fervent and earnest prayer ; and though διανυκτερευων may signify, to lodge in a place for a night , yet there are various places in the best Greek writers in which it is used, not to signify a place , but to pass the night in a particular state . So Appian , Bell. Pun. εντοιςοπλοιςδιενυκτερευςεμεθαπαντων- He passed the night under arms with them all . Idem, Bell . Civ. lib. v. διενυκτερευον- They passed the night without food, without any regard to the body, and in the want of all things . See more examples in Kypke , who concludes by translating the passage thus: He passed the night without sleep in prayers to God . Some of the Jews imagine that God himself prays; and this is one of his petitions: Let it be my good pleasure, that my mercy overcome my wrath . See more in Lightfoot .

‏ Luke 6:12

Verse 12. In prayer to God.] Or, in the prayer of God: or, in the oratory of God, εντηπροσευχητουθεου. So this passage is translated by many critics; for which Dr. Whitby gives the following reasons: As the mountain of God, Ex 3:1; 4:27; the bread of God, Le 21:17; the lamp of God, 1Sa 3:3; the vessels of God, 1Ch 22:19; the altar of God, Ps 43:4; the sacrifices of God, Ps 51:17; the gifts of God, Lu 21:4; the ministers of God, 2Co 6:4; the tabernacle of God, 2Ch 1:3; the temple of God, Mt 21:12; the synagogues of God, Ps 74:8; are all things consecrated or appropriated to God's service; so προσευχητου θεου must, in all reason, be a house of prayer to God; whence it is called τοποςπροσευχης, a place of prayer, 1 Mac. iii. 46; and so the word is certainly used Ac 16:13; and by Philo, in his oration against Flaccus, where he complains that αιπροσευχαι, their houses for prayer were pulled down, and there was no place left in which they might worship God, or pray for Caesar; and by Josephus, who says the multitude was gathered ειςτηςπροσευχην, into the house of prayer: and so Juvenal, Sat. iii. v. 296, speaks to the mendicant Jew:-

Ede ubi consistas; in qua te quaero proseucha? In what house of prayer may I find thee begging?

See on Ac 16:13. But on this it may be observed, that as the mountains of God, the wind of God, the hail of God, the trees of God, &c., mean very high mountains, a very strong wind, great and terrible hail, very tall trees, &c., so προσευχητου θεου, here, may be very properly translated the prayer of God; i.e. very fervent and earnest prayer; and though διανυκτερευων may signify, to lodge in a place for a night, yet there are various places in the best Greek writers in which it is used, not to signify a place, but to pass the night in a particular state. So Appian, Bell. Pun. εντοιςοπλοιςδιενυκτερευςεμεθαπαντων-He passed the night under arms with them all. Idem, Bell. Civ. lib. v. διενυκτερευον-They passed the night without food, without any regard to the body, and in the want of all things. See more examples in Kypke, who concludes by translating the passage thus: He passed the night without sleep in prayers to God. Some of the Jews imagine that God himself prays; and this is one of his petitions: Let it be my good pleasure, that my mercy overcome my wrath. See more in Lightfoot.