He goeth up into the mountain (αναβαινε εις το ορος). So Matthew (Matthew 5:1) and Luke (Luke 6:12), "to p…

For an account of the appointment of the apostles, see Matthew 10:1-4.

And calleth unto him whom he would. Those whom he chose; whom…

And he goeth up into a mountain.—The sequence of events in St. Mark varies much, it will be seen, from St. Matthew, and c…

The Venerable Bede: After forbidding the evil spirits to preach about Him, He chose holy men to cast out unclean spirits and to…

Jesus withdrew to the hill country of Galilee and called twelve disciples to be his special followers. The designation of the Twelve suggests the f…

And he went up into a mountain. By this election he does not yet ordain them to be Apostles, to enter immediately into the discha…

And he goeth up into a mountain
Near Capernaum, being solitary, and a place of recess and retirement, "to pray", as …

Christ calls whomever He wills; for His grace is His own. He had called the apostles to separate themselves from the crowd, and they came to Him. H…