Luke 4:42

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⁴⁰ Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

⁴¹ And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.

And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.

⁴³ And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.

⁴⁴ And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.
KJV: And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
WEB: When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn’t go away from them.
ASV: And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place: and the multitudes sought after him, and came unto him, and would have stayed him, that he should not go from them.
DARBY: And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place, and the crowds sought after him, and came up to him, and [would have] kept him back that he should not go from them.
BLB: And day having come, having gone out, He went into a solitary place. And the crowds were seeking Him, and they came up to Him and were detaining Him not to go from them.

ÅB: Men da det var blitt dag, gikk han ut og dro til et øde sted, og folket lette etter ham, og de kom like til ham og holdt på ham, for at han ikke skulle gå fra dem.
OTB: Ved daggry gikk Jesus ut til et ensomt sted. Folket lette etter ham, og da de kom dit han var, forsøkte de å hindre ham fra å forlate dem.
B1930: Men da det var blitt dag, gikk han ut og drog til et øde sted, og folket lette efter ham, og de kom like til ham og holdt på ham, forat han ikke skulde gå fra dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 6:12
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.
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Mark 1:35–38
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
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John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
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Mark 1:45
But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
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John 6:24
When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
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Matthew 14:13–14
When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
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Mark 6:33–34
And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
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Luke 24:29
But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
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