Luke 6:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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;

And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, х epi (G1909) topou (G5117) pedinou (G3977)] - or, 'on a level place;' that is, probably on some level plat below the mountain, while the listening multitudes lay beneath Him on what was more strictly "the plain."

And the company of his disciples - the outer circle of His stated followers,

And a great multitude ... which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Luke 6:17

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;