1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
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And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. …
And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)We have here a general account of this sermon. I. The Preacher was our Lord Jesus, the Prince of preachers, the great Prophet of his church, who came into the world , to be the Light of the world . The prophets and John had done virtuously in preaching, but Christ excelled them all . He is the eternal Wisdom, that lay in the bosom of the Father, before all worlds , and perfectly knew his will (Joh…
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