He went up into the mountain (ανεβη εις το ορος). Not "a" mountain as the Authorized Version has it. The Greek article is poorly h…

MATTHEW CHAPTER 5

Seeing the multitudes The great numbers that came to attend on his ministry. The substance of this discourse is r…

The Sermon on the Mount is obviously placed by St. Matthew (who appears in the earliest traditions as a collector of our Lord’s “Oracles” or discou…

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain:

For convenience, and quietude, and to be out of the way of traffic, he went …

Pseudo-Chrysostom: Every person rejoices when they see an opportunity to practice their own trade or profession. A carp…

The “crowds” are those referred to in 4:23–25. Here Jesus stands at the height of his popularity. Although his ministry touched the ma es, he saw t…

He went up into a mountain. Those who think that Christ's sermon, which is here related, is different from the sermon contained in the six…

And seeing the multitudes
The great concourse of people that followed him from the places before mentioned,

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No one will find happiness in this world or the next, who does not seek it from Christ by the rule of his word. He taught them what evil they shoul…

And seeing the multitudes. Here the Lord presents His doctrine, which is divided into three sections. In the first sectio…