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?
Christ prayed alone with His disciples before questioning them, setting a pattern we ought to follow: parents should pray with their children, masters with their servants, teachers with their pupils. When we instruct others, we must first pray for and with them, that they may be directed to answer rightly.
AI summary
Commenting on Luke 9:18-27
They answering said, John the Baptist,.... This was the opinion of some who thought that he was risen from the dead, as in Luk 9:7. but some say Elias; the prophet, and the Tishbite; who according to the Jewish notion, was to be the forerunner of the Messiah, so in Luk 7:8.
Verses 18-26. , and Barnes on , and Barnes on . Verse 18. (o) "it came to pass"