In these days, he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. (3) In using earnest and long prayer in choosing twelve of his own company to the office of the apostleship, Christ shows how religiously we ought to behave ourselves in the choice of ecclesiastical persons.
Verse 12. And it came to pass in those days. The designation of the time here is very general. It means about the time when the events occurred which had been just narrated. He went out into a mountain. Jesus was accustomed to resort to such places to hold communion with God, .
He spent the whole night in prayer before choosing His apostles, the men who would birth His Church and reshape the world. His example shows us how the Lord prepares through prolonged communion with His Father for the weightiest appointments.
AI summary
Commenting on Luke 6:12-49