Lucas narra muitas vezes as ocasioes em que Jesus se retirou para rezar. Por que Jesus orava? Certamente porque a oracao era algo comum ao povo judeu, mas tambem porque sentia a necessidade de pratica-la e incutir naqueles que o seguiam naquele momento — e tambem nos que o seguiriam ao longo dos seculos — a importância de se ter uma vida de oracao. Foi numa dessas ocasioes, depois de ter passado a noite rezando, que Jesus convocou alguns de seus discipulos, nomeando doze como apostolos. Considerando os conceitos oracao e apostolo em seu contexto biblico, ve-se que estao intimamente coadunados, alem de possuirem inteira atualidade. /// Luke often narrates occasions in which Jesus retired to pray. Why did Jesus pray? Certainly because prayer was something common to the Jewish people, but also because he felt the necessity of practicing it and of inculcating in those who followed him at that time ― as well as those who would follow him throughout the centuries ― the importance of having a life of prayer. It was on one of these occasions, after having spent the night praying, that Jesus convoked some of his disciples, nominating twelve as apostles. Considering the concepts prayer and apostle, in their biblical context, they are seen to be closely interrelated, as well as entirely current themes.