What Does Luke 6:12 Mean in the King James?

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.

Luke 6:12 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The Greek word for prayer carries direction toward God, making the whole night a sustained orientation before the next step comes into view.

THE MEANING

The verse holds your consequential choices within a sustained turning toward God. Here, the whole night belongs to discernment; inward orientation shapes what comes next before it becomes visible.

THE ROOT

προσευχή

proseuchē

GROWS FROM

εὐχ-

euch-

The Greek root carries the sense of praying, making a vow, or expressing a wish.

The word ⁨προσευχή⁩ (proseuchē, prayer) belongs to the verb ⁨προσεύχομαι⁩ (proseuchomai, to pray), formed with ⁨πρός⁩ (pros, toward or to) and ⁨εὔχομαι⁩ (euchomai, to pray, vow, or wish). The verse makes that direction explicit: the prayer is “to God,” and it continues through the night.

ALSO GROWS

euchomai: to pray, make a vow, or wish

εὔχομαι

This verb carries prayer alongside the language of a vow or wish, giving the scene a sense of deliberate address.

euchē: prayer or vow

εὐχή

This related noun holds prayer and vow in the same word family, linking the night’s sustained prayer with a settled intention.

THE PATTERN

Sustained attention toward God gives shape to the direction that follows.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

Psalm 5:3 · KJVPrayer is directed toward God at the start of the day, with the speaker looking toward what comes next.

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

Mark 1:35 · KJVTime in solitude and prayer precedes the next outward movement.

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

Acts 13:2 · KJVA direction for shared work emerges while people are turned toward God through service and fasting.

THE THREAD

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

Luke 5:16 · KJV

Luke uses the same Greek verb, ⁨προσεύχομαι⁩ (proseuchomai, to pray), in both scenes. Here, the familiar movement into prayer stretches across the whole night, giving sustained direction a clear place in the scene.

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