Matthew 5:1

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES [THOSE MENTIONED IN MATTHEW 4:25 ] HE WENT UP INTO A MOUNTAIN, [ eis (G1519) to (G3588) oros (G3735)] - one of the dozen mountains which Robinson says there are in the vicinity of the sea of Galilee, any one of them answering about equally well to the occasion. So charming is the whole landscape that the descriptions of it, from Josephus downward (Jewish Wars, 4: 10, 8), are apt to be thought a little coloured. AND WHEN HE WAS SET - `had sat' or 'seated Hi...

Matthew 5:1._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 sixth chapter of Luke’s Gospel, rest their opinion on a very light and frivolous argument. Matthew states, that Christ spoke to his disciples on a mountain, while Luke seems to say, that the discourse was delivered on a plain. But it is a mistake to read the words of Luke, _he went down with them, and stood in the plain, _(Luke 6:17,) as immediately connected with the statement that, _lifting up his eyes on the disciples, _he spoke thus. For the design of both Evangelists was, to collect into one place the leading points of the doctrine of Christ, which related to a devout and holy life. Although Luke had previously mentioned a _plain, _he does not observe the immed

1,2 None will find happiness in this world or the next, who do not seek it from Christ by the rule of his word. He taught them what was the evil they should abhor, and what the good they should seek and abound in....

CHAPTER V. _Christ begins his sermon on the mount_, 1, 2. _The beatitudes_, 3-12. _The disciples the salt of the earth, and light of the world_, 13-16. _Christ is not come to destroy, but confirm and fulfil, the Law_ _and the Prophets_, 17-19. _Of the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees_, 20. _Interpretation of the precepts relative to murder, anger, and_ _injurious speaking_, 21, 22. _Of reconciliation_, 23-26. _Of impure acts and propensities, and the necessity of_...

AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES - The great numbers that came to attend on his ministry. The substance of this discourse is recorded also in Luke 6. It is commonly called the “Sermon on the Mount.” It is not improbable that it was repeated, in substance, on different occasions, and to different people. At those times parts of it may have been omitted, and Luke may have recorded it as it was pronounced on one of those occasions. See the notes at Luke 6:17. WENT UP INTO A MOUNTAIN - This mountain, or hill, was somewhere in the vicinity of Capernaum, but where precisely is not mentioned. He ascended the hill, doubtless, because it was more convenient to address the multitude from an eminence than if he were on the same level with them. A hill or mountain is still

EXPOSITION MATTHEW 5:1 AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES; _i.e. _those spoken of in Matthew 4:25—the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. HE WENT UP. From the lower ground by the lake. INTO A MOUNTAIN; Revised Version, _into the mountain _(εἰς τὸ ὄρος);_ i.e. _not any special mountain, but "the mountain nearest the place spoken of—the mountain near by" (Thayer); in contrast to any lower place, whether that was itself fairly high ground (as probably Luke 9:28) or the shore of the lake. The actual spot here referred to may have been far from, or, and more probably ...

AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES,.... The great concourse of people that followed him from the places before mentioned, HE WENT UP INTO A MOUNTAIN; either to pray alone, which was sometimes his custom to do, or to shun the multitude; or rather, because it was a commodious place for teaching the people: AND WHEN HE WAS SET: not for rest, but in order to teach; for sitting was the posture of masters, or teachers, see Matthew 13:2 Luke 4:20. The form in which the master and his disciples sat is thus described by Maimonides z. "The master sits at the head, or in the chief place, and the disciples before him in a circuit, like a crown; so that they all see the master, and hear his words; and the master may not sit upon a seat, and the scholars upon the ground; but either all

Matthew 5:1. _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 up into a mountain. Elevated doctrines would seem most at home on the high places of the earth. Matthew 5:1. _And when he was set,_ For that was the mode of Eastern teaching, Matthew 5:1. _His disciples came unto him:_ They made the inner ring around him, and others gathered around them. Matthew 5:2. _And he opened his mouth, and taught them,_ Chrysostom says that he taught them even when he did not open his

5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7 _ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .) 2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:17 .)_ CHAPTER 5 In the closing of the last chapter we saw our Lord Jesus Christ surrounded by a great multitude of people, which followed Him and who were attracted by the King's presence, before whom the various diseases had to flee. If we turn to the eighth chapter we find the continuation of these scenes we had in the last half of the fourth chapter. Between these two Chapter s are three very important ones, which are as such found only in this Gospel. The contents of the fifth, sixth and seventh Chapter s are in the form of a continued discourse of our Lord, commonly called “t

THE BEATITUDES. -- Matthew 5:1-16. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ_ -- John 1:17. TIME. --A. D. 28. PLACE. --In Galilee. Supposed to have been on Mt. Hattin,. hill south of the sea, on the road to Nazareth. Here, when the Crusaders were in Palestine,. great battle was fought between them and the Saracens. HELPFUL READINGS. -- Luke 6:12-19; Luke 6:20-28; Mark 3:7-8. LESSON ANALYSIS. --I. _The Kingly Teacher;_ 2. _The Heirs of the Kingdom;_ 3. _The Joy of Persecution;_ 4. T