Luke 9:18
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New International Version (©1984)
Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?"

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, "Who do the people say that I am?"

International Standard Version (©2008)
One day while Jesus was praying privately and the disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Once when Jesus was praying privately and his disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do people say I am?"

King James Bible
And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

American King James Version
And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

American Standard Version
And it came to pass, as he was praying apart, the disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am?

Bible in Basic English
And it came about that when he was in prayer, by himself, and the disciples were with him, he put a question to them, saying, Who do the people say I am?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples also were with him: and he asked them, saying: Whom do the people say that I am?

Darby Bible Translation
And it came to pass as he was praying alone, his disciples were with him, and he asked them saying, Who do the crowds say that I am?

English Revised Version
And it came to pass, as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am?

Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass, as he was in retirement praying, his disciples were with him; and he asked them, saying, Who say the people that I am?

Weymouth New Testament
One day when He was praying by Himself the disciples were present; and He asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?"

World English Bible
It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"

Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass, as he is praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he questioned them, saying, 'Who do the multitudes say me to be?'

Geneva Study Bible

{4} And it came to pass, as he was {f} alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

(4) Although the world be tossed up and down between different errors, yet we ought not to condemn the truth but be all the more desirous to know it, and be more steadfast to confess it.

(f) Alone from the people.

People's New Testament

9:18-21 He was alone praying. Only Luke informs us of this, his disciples being present, when he asked the question,

Whom say the people that I am? See notes on Peter's confession of faith, Mt 16:13-20 Mr 8:27-30.

Wesley's Notes

9:18 Apart - From the multitude. And he asked them - When he had done praying, during which they probably stayed at a distance. Mt 14:13; Mr 8:27.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

Lu 9:18-27. Peter's Confession of Christ-Our Lord's First Explicit Announcement of His Approaching Death, and Warnings Arising Out of It.

(See on [1609]Mt 16:13-28; and Mr 8:34).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

9:18-27 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 it. Jesus discourses concerning his own sufferings and death. And so far must his disciples be from thinking how to prevent his sufferings, that they must prepare for their own. We often meet with crosses in the way of duty; and though we must not pull them upon our own heads, yet, when they are laid for us, we must take them up, and carry them after Christ. It is well or ill with us, according as it is well or ill with our souls. The body cannot be happy, if the soul be miserable in the other world; but the soul may be happy, though the body is greatly afflicted and oppressed in this world. We must never be ashamed of Christ and his gospel.


Matthew 14:23 After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.
Matthew 16:13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
Mark 8:27 Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, "Who do people say that I am?"
Luke 6:12 It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.
Luke 9:28 Some eight days after these sayings, He took along Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. (NASB ©1995)

Alone Apart Crowds Disciples Jesus Multitudes Once Prayer Praying Present Private Question Questioned


And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

as. 11:1 22:39-41 Mt 26:36

Whom. Mt 16:13,14 Mr 8:27-30

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