'Privately' in the Bible
Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and asked, "Why couldn't we drive it out?"
While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"
When Jesus came home, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we drive the spirit out?"
As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives facing the Temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew were asking him privately,
The apostles came back and told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them away with him privately to a city called Bethsaida.
One day, while Jesus was praying privately and the disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say I am?"
When she had said this, she went away and called her sister Mary and told her privately, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you!"