Luke 9:18-22

Luke 9:18-22. As he was alone praying Or rather apart from the multitude, for the word καταμονας , here rendered alone, excludes not his disciples, but the multitude, now sent away when they were filled, as appears from Mark 4:10, where the same word is used; and where we read, when he was alone, ( καταμονας , apart from the multitude,) they that were about him, with the twelve, asked him of the parable, Or the expression here, καταμονας προσευχομενος , may be rendered, as he was praying alone, or by himself; his prayer being ended, his disciples came to him. He asked them When he had done praying, during which they probably stayed at a distance, Who say the people that I am, &c. See this paragraph explained on Matthew 16:13-23; and Mark 8:27-33. He commanded them to tell no man, saying, The Son of man must suffer, &c. As if he had said, Ye must prepare for a scene far different from this.