Luke Chapter 6, Verse 17
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17: και καταβας μετ αυτων εστη επι τοπου πεδινου και οχλος μαθητων αυτου και πληθος πολυ του λαου απο πασης της ιουδαιας και ιερουσαλημ και της παραλιου τυρου και σιδωνος οι ηλθον ακουσαι αυτου και ιαθηναι απο των νοσων αυτων
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;
17: And coming down with them, he stood in a plain place: and the
company of his disciples and a very great multitude of people from all
Judea and Jerusalem and the sea coast, both of Tyre and Sidon,
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
the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew, or whether Jesus repeated
the substance of that discourse, and that Luke recorded it as he repeated
it. The reasons which have led many to sup- pose that they refer to the
same are --
1st. That the beginning and the close are alike.
2nd. That the substance of each is the same. And,
3rd. That after the discourse was delivered, both affirm that Jesus went to Capernaum and healed the servant of the centurion, Mt 8:5ff Lk 7:1ff. On the other hand, Matthew says that the sermon was delivered on the mountain (Mt 5:1); it is thought to be implied that Luke affirms that it was in the plain. Matthew says that he sat; Luke, that he stood. Yet there is no reason to suppose that there is a difference in the evangelists. Jesus spent the night on the mountain in prayer. In the morning he descended into the open plain and healed many. While there, as Luke says, he "stood" and received those who came to him, and healed their diseases. There is no impropriety in supposing that, being pressed by multitudes, he retired into the mountain again, or to an eminence in the plain, or to the side of the mountain, where the people might be more conveniently arranged and seated to hear him. There he sat, as recorded by Matthew, and delivered the discourse; for it is to be observed that Luke does not say that he delivered the sermon on the plain, but only that he healed the sick there.
Tyre and Sidon. See "Mt 11:21".
