Luke 6:17

“For a little further on he says: And He came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the concourse of His disciples and a great multitude of people.” — editor's note: Luke vi. 17.

“And He lifted up His eyes on His disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of heaven;” and so on.” — editor's note: Luke vi. 12–20.

“But why was it that He chose twelve apostles, and not some other number?” — editor's note: Luke vi. 13–19.

When the ordination of the Apostles was accomplished, and great numbers were collected together from the country of Judæa, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, (who were idolaters,) he gave the Apostles their…

By the sea coast he does not refer to the neighbouring sea of Galilee, because this would not be accounted wonderful, but it is so called from the great sea, and therein also Tyre and Sidon may be comprehended, of…

That is, for the cure of their souls; and that they might be healed of their diseases, that is, for the cure of their bodies.

But after that the High Priest had made publicly known His choice of Apostles, He did many and great miracles, that the Jews and Gentiles who had assembled might know that these were invested by Christ with the…

But observe all things carefully, how He both ascends with His Apostles and descends to the multitude; for how could the multitude see Christ but in a lowly place. It follows him not to the lofty places, it ascends…

You will scarcely find any where that the multitudes follow our Lord to the higher places, or that a sick person is healed on a mountain; but having quenched the fever of lust and lit the torch of knowledge, each man…