When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,
Parallel translations
- WEB Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
- KJV And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
- NKJV And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him.
- NASB Now when Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him.
- NLT One day as he saw the crowds gathering, Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down. His disciples gathered around him,
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Quick answer
Seeing the crowds, Jesus goes up the mountain, sits, and His disciples come to Him. It introduces the Sermon on the Mount.
Overview
Jesus assumes the posture of a teacher, sitting as rabbis did, on a mountainside that recalls Moses at Sinai. Yet here is one greater than Moses, giving authoritative instruction on the life of the kingdom. The setting signals that what follows is foundational teaching for His disciples.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Mark 3:13Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.
- Matt 15:29Moving on from there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up on a mountain and sat down.
- John 6:2–3A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.
- Mark 4:1Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
- Mark 3:20Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
- Matt 4:25The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
- Matt 10:2–4These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
- Luke 6:13–16When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:
- Matt 4:18–22As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
- Matt 13:2Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
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Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'
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