62 Grk “And it happened that.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
63 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
64 Prayer is a favorite theme of Luke and he is the only one of the gospel authors to mention it in the following texts (with the exception of 22:41): Luke 3:21; 5:16; 6:12; 9:28–29; 11:1; 22:41; 23:34, 46.
65 Grk “the disciples were with him, and he asked them, saying.”
66 “Who do the crowds say that I am?” The question of who Jesus is occurs frequently in this section of Luke: 7:49; 8:25; 9:9. The answer resolves a major theme of Luke’s Gospel.

In other versions

Now it happened that as he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”

While he was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”

And it happened that while he was praying alone, the disciples were with him. And he asked them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”

And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

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