Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 6:12
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, Mark 6:46. He did it because it was retired, free from interruption, and fitted by impressiveness and grandeur to raise the thoughts to the God that had formed the high hills and the deep-shaded groves.And continued all night in... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 6:16
Judas the brother of James ; more accurately, Judas , or Jude , son of James , or simply James ' s Jude. So this disciple is termed in both the writings ascribed to St. Luke (the Gospel and Acts). In St. Matthew's list we find a "Lebbaeus," and in St. Mark's a "Thaddaeus" occupying a position in the third division which in St. Luke's list is filled by "James's Jude." There is no doubt that Lebbaeus and Thaddaeus were surnames by which James ' s Jude, or Judas, was known... read more