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Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto a mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
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A Sermon from the Summit
Commentators note that Jesus chose a mountain for both practical and symbolic reasons. Practically, it allowed him to be seen and heard by the large crowds. Symbolically, scholars suggest the elevated location reflects the sublime, heavenly nature of the teachings, drawing a parallel to Moses receiving the Law on Mount Sinai.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
MATTHEW CHAPTER 5
Seeing the multitudes The great numbers that came to attend on his ministry. The substance of this discourse is r…
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…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
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Baptist
For retreat, fresh air, and wide space, the King seeks the hillside. It was suitable that such elevated ethics should be taught from a mountain. A …
The “crowds” are those referred to in 4:23–25. Here Jesus stands at the height of his popularity. Although his ministry touched the masses, he saw …
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
And seeing the multitudes. Here the Lord presents His doctrine, which is divided into three sections. In the first sectio…
