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Matthew 5:1

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

KJV

Ἰδὼν δὲ τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνέβη εἰς τὸ ὄρος· καὶ καθίσαντος αὐτοῦ προσῆλθαν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ·

Greek NT

Videns autem Jesus turbas, ascendit in montem, et cum sedisset, accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus,

Vulgate

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him:

ASV

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθίζω
kathizo
verb · 47×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
ἀναβαίνω
anabaino
verb · 81×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὄρος
oros
noun · 64×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Exod 24:12 · echo
    "And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them."
    Exodus: Moses went up the mountain — Jesus ascends for the Sermon on the Mount

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§581The Jewish people and their spiritual leaders viewed Jesus as a rabbi.340 He often argued within the framework of rabbinical interpretation of the Law.341 Yet Jesus could not help but offend the teachers of the Law, for he was not content to propose his interpretation alongside theirs but taught the people "as one who had authority, and not as their scribes".342 In Jesus, the s…
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
2. Whence then does He begin? And what kind of foundations of His new polity does He lay for us? Let us hearken with strict attention unto what is said. For though it was spoken unto them, it was written for the sake also of all men afterwards. And accordingly on this account, though He had His disciples in His mind in His public preaching, yet unto them He limits not His sayin…
'And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain; and when He was set, His disciples came unto Him: and He opened His mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.' See Matt. v. 1-3. See how without ostentation He teaches, not in a city or in the marketplace, but on a mountain and in a wilderness. And when He was set …
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…

Cross-references

  • John 6:2 — And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
  • John 8:2 — And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
  • Luke 4:20 — And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
  • Luke 6:13 — And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
  • Mark 3:13 — And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
  • Mark 3:13 — And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
  • Mark 3:20 — And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
  • Mark 4:1 — 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.
  • Matt 4:18 — And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
  • Matt 4:25 — And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
  • Matt 10:2 — Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
  • Matt 15:29 — And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
  • Matt 15:29 — And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.