Matthew 5:1

a mountain Accurately, the mountain, the high land bordering on the Lake, behind Tell Hûm or Et Tabigah, which the inhabitants of those places would naturally call "the mountain" (see map). It was the Sinai of the New Law. Cp. Psalms 72:3.

he was set The usual position of a Jewish teacher. In the Talmud "to sit" is nearly synonymous with "to teach."

his disciples came unto him This may be regarded as the beginning of the Christian Church.