Caravaggio, Saint Jerome Writing (c. 1605), Galleria Borghese. Public domain.
3 verses in the King James Version. Word study for “prayers” →
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
