And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and would have kept him, that he should not depart from them.
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Greek Expositor
AD 1000
He went also into the desert, as Mark says, and prayed; not that he needed prayer, but as an example to us of good works.
Now when Mark says that the Apostles came to him, saying, All seek you, but Luke, that the people came, there is no difference between them, forthe people came to Him following in the footsteps of the Apostles. But the Lord rejoiced inbeing held back, yet bid them let Him go, that others also might partake of His teaching, as the time of His presence would not last long; as it follows, And he said to them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also Mark says, to this I came, showing the loftiness of His divine nature, and His voluntary emptying Himself of it. But Luke says, to this am Isent, showing His incarnation, and calling also the decree of the Father, a sending Him forth; and one simply says, To preach, the other added, the kingdom of God, which is Christ Himself.
