Matthew 5:1

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Key Reflection

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. This opening scene of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:1 captures a familiar and significant moment for Jesus' original audience. They would have recognized this as part of a traditional Jewish teaching setting where a Rabbi would ascend a hill or mountaintop to address his students, emphasizing the solemnity and importance of the discourse about to unfold.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

MATTHEW CHAPTER V Verse 1. Seeing the multitudes The great numbers that came to attend on his ministry. The substance of this discourse is recorded in the sixth chapter of Luke. 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 might have been omitted, and Luke may have recorded it as it was pronounced on one of these occasions. See Barnes "Lu 6:17-20". Went up into a mountain. This mountain, or hill, was somewhere in the vicinity of Capernaum, but where precisely is not mentioned.

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