He came down with them (καταβας μετ' αυτων). Second aorist active participle of καταβαινω, common verb. This was the night of pray…

And stood in the plain. It is not affirmed, however, that he stood in the plain when he delivered the following discourse. There has been …

And he came down with them, and stood in the plain.—We are again confronted with harmonistic difficulties. In St. Matthew ([Reference Matt…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: After the Apostles were ordained and large crowds had gathered from the region of Judea and the coast…

The “level place” is probably a flat area or plateau on the “mountainside” mentioned in Mt 5:1. Luke mentions a “large crowd” of Jesus’ disciples p…

And he came down with them
With the twelve apostles, from the top of the mountain, where he had been praying all nig…

We often think half an hour is a great deal of time to spend in meditation and private prayer, but Christ spent entire nights engaged in these duti…