Matthew 5:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Matthew 5:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.” I...
Matthew 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

seeing. App-133. a mountain . the mountain. Well known and therefore unnamed, but corresponds with the Mount of Olives in the Structure of the Gospel as. whole. There is. reference also to Sinai....
Matthew 5:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 thei...
Matthew 5:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1288 THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE HUMBLE Matthew 5:1-4 . 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, an...
Matthew 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And seeing the multitudes - Τους οχλους, these multitudes, viz. those mentioned in the precedi...
Matthew 5:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And seeing the multitudes— And seeing such a multitude: Heylin: who supposes this verse to be immediately connected with the last of the preceding chapter. It does not appear in what part of Gali...
Matthew 5:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 mount...
Matthew 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Beatitudes . Properly speaking, the beatitudes are seven in number, Matthew 5:10-11 ; Matthew 5:12 , forming an appendix. These three vv. being counted in, the number of beatitudes is raised,...
Matthew 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

V. (1) What is known as the Sermon on the Mount is obviously placed by St. Matthew (who appears in the earliest traditions connected with his name as a collector of our Lord’s “Oracles” or discour...
Matthew 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
Matthew 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Opening Words of Grace and Truth Matthew 5:1-9 There are many doors into the life of blessedness. It does not depend on outward possessions, such as worldly goods or high birth. There is no sou...
Matthew 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggesti...
Matthew 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have in this Chapter, and the two which follow, our Lord's sermon on the Mount. A great variety of beauties is contained in it..
Matthew 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Matthew 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: Ver. 1. And seeing the multitudes ] As sheep without a shepherd, or as grain ripe and read...
Matthew 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And seeing the multitudes A vast concourse of people assembled from all parts to attend him, some with their sick to obtain cures, for he never rejected any who applied to him; some out of curiosit...
Matthew 5:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him w...
Matthew 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:...
Matthew 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

MATTHEW CHAPTER 5 Matthew 5:1-12 Christ begins his sermon upon the Mount, declaring who are blessed. Matthew 5:13-16 He calleth his disciples the salt of the earth, the light of the world; an...
Matthew 5:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And seeing the crowds, he went up into the mountain, and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him, and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,' Jesus had seen many crowds, and had welco...
Matthew 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT The aim and contents of the “ Sermon .”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and...
Matthew 5:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:1-2 General Outline of the Sermon on the Mount. The Sermon on the Mount consists I. Of an introduction, beginning at Matthew 5:3 and ending with Matthew 5:16 of Matthew 5 The pec...
Matthew 5:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Matthew 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:1 . Seeing the multitudes, assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upo...
Matthew 5:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

And taught them. The Disciples I. Who they are, not the rich, gay, self-asserting, satisfied. It. Their peculiar felicity. 1. Secure. 2. Manifold. 3. Ever-enlarging. III. Their bene...
Matthew 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 groun...
Matthew 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Beatitudes. The section of Matthew's Gospel included in Chapter s 5-7 is one of the most beautiful and impressive in the entire New Testament. In the simplest language, but with singular force...
Matthew 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 6:2 ; John 6:3 ; Luke 6:13-16 ; Mark 3:13 ; Mark 3:20 ; Mark 4:1 ; Matthew 10:2-4 ; Matthew 13:2 ; Matthew 15:29 ; Matthew 4:18-22 ; Matthew 4:25
Matthew 5:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:1-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Before the Lord sat a great...
Matthew 5:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And seeing the multitudes — At some distance, as they were coming to him from every quarter. He went up into the mountain — Which was near: where there was room for them all. His disciples — not on...

Matthew 5:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 5:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 5:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:1 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 5:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes