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46. ἀποταξάμενος αὐτοῖς. After He had taken leave of them (R.V.), parting from them in a friendly way (Luk 9:61; Act 18:21). Mt. loses this point, and Beza gives just the wrong shade of meaning, quum amandasset eos, which implies dismissing with contempt. Vulg. points to a text with ἀπολύσας αὐτούς, dum dimitteret populum. Cum dimisisset eos. Elsewhere Vulg. renders ἀποτάσσομαι vale facio or renuncio.
εἰς τὸ ὄρος προσεύξασθαι. The human nature of our Lord is again conspicuous, not merely in His praying, but in His seeking solitude at sunset on the mountain side as a help to prayer, σχολῆς γὰρ καὶ ἀταραξίας δεῖται ἡ προσευχή (Theoph.). Jn mentions these accessories, but not the prayer. On two other occasions Mk records that Christ prayed, the first day’s work at Capernaum (Mar 1:35) and the last night’s Agony (Mar 14:35).