Luke 6:17

And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; AND HE CAME DOWN WITH THEM, AND STOOD IN THE PLAIN, [ epi (G1909) topou (G5117) pedinou (G3977)] - or, 'on a level place;' that is, probably on some level plat below the mountain, while the listening multitudes lay beneath Him on what was more strictly "the plain." AND THE COMPANY OF HIS DISCIPLES - the outer circle of His stated followers, And a great multitude ... which came to hear...

12-19 We often think one half hour a great deal to spend in meditation and secret prayer, but Christ was whole nights engaged in these duties. In serving God, our great care should be not to lose time, but to make the end of one good duty the beginning of another. The twelve apostles are here named; never were men so privileged, yet one of them had a devil, and proved a traitor. Those who have not faithful preaching near them, had better travel far than be without it. It is indeed worth while to go a great way to hear the word of Christ, and to go out of the way of other business for it. They came to be cured by him, and he healed them. There is a fulness of grace in Christ, and healing virtue in him, ready to go out from him, that is enough for all, enough for each. Men regard the diseases of the body as greater evils than those of their souls; but the Scripture teaches us differently....

Verse Luke 6:17. _AND STOOD IN THE PLAIN_] In Matthew 5:1, which is supposed to be the parallel place, our Lord is represented as delivering this sermon _on the mountain_; and this has induced some to think that the sermon mentioned here by Luke, though the same in substance with that in Matthew, was delivered in a different place, and at another time; but, as Dr. Priestly justly observes, Matthew's saying that Jesus was _sat down_ after he had gone up to the mountain, and Luke's saying that he _stood on the plain_ when he healed the sick, before the discourse, are no inconsistencies. The whole picture is striking. Jesus ascends a mountain, employs the night in prayer; and, having thus solemnly invoked the Divine blessing, authoritatively separates the twelve apostles from the mass of his disciple...

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 some doubt whether the following discourse is the same as that recorded in Matthew 5; Matthew 6; Matthew 7, or whether the Saviour “repeated” the substance of that discourse, and that Luke recorded it as he repeated it. The reasons which have led many to suppose that they refer to the same are: * That the beginning and the close are alike. * That the “substance” of each is the same. And, * That “after” the discourse was delivered, both affirm that Jesus went to Capernaum and healed the servant of the centurion,...

EXPOSITION LUKE 6:1 _The Lord_'_s teaching on the question of the observance of the sabbath._ LUKE 6:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SECOND SABBATH AFTER THE FIRST. The expression accompanying this note of time of St. Luke, "the second sabbath after the first," more literally, "the second-first sabbath," has always been a difficulty with expositors of this Gospel. The word is absolutely unique, and is found in no other Greek author. Recent investigations in the text of the New Testament have proved that this word is not found in the majority of the more ancient authorities. Of the modern critical editors, Alford and Lachmann enclose the disputed word in brackets; Tregelles and Meyer omit it altogether; but the Revisers of the En

AND HE CAME DOWN WITH THEM,.... With the twelve apostles, from the top of the mountain, where he had been praying all night, and where he had been that morning, ordaining, and giving instructions to the twelve he had chosen: AND STOOD IN THE PLAIN; in a lower part of the mountain, in a plain place on it; which was large, and capable of holding a great number of people; for it was still upon the mount, that Christ taught his disciples, and said many of the things hereafter mentioned in this chapter; see Matthew 5:1. AND THE COMPANY OF HIS DISCIPLES: not only the twelve, but the large number out of which he had chosen twelve; AND A GREAT MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE; who were hearers of him, and attendants on him, and who had a great esteem for him, though they were not as yet of the number of his disciples; who came out of all Jud

CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Son of Man the Lord of the Sabbath. (Luke 6:1)_ 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed. (Luke 6:6) 3. The Twelve Apostles Chosen. (Luke 6:12) 4. Blessing and Woe. (Luke 6:20) 5. Good for Evil. (Luke 6:27) 6. Instructions to Disciples. (Luke 6:32) 7. Warnings. (Luke 6:39 .)...

THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TWELVE. MIRACLES OF HEALING (Mark 3:12 *, Matthew 10:2; Matthew 12:15 *). Mk. puts the healings first. Lk. transposes his order to bring the Twelve into prominence. Jesus prepares for the choice by a night of prayer, and then deliberately marks off the Twelve from the rank and file of the disciples. Judas (the son) of James, takes the place of Thaddæ us (Mk.) or Lebbæ us (Mt.). Jesus comes down (to the plain or to a level place on the hillside) to address the throng gathered from all Judæ a (Codex Bezæ sensibly omits and Jerusalem), _i.e._ Palestine (Luke 4:44 *), and Phœ nicia. With...

THE INCREASING OPPOSITION (Luke 6:1-5)...

STOOD. stopped. IN. on. Greek. _epi._ App-104. THE PLAIN. a level [spot]. THE COMPANY. a crowd. OUT OF. away from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. HEALED. Greek _iaomai._ Compare Luke 5:17....