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Luk 6:17. Αὐτῶν, them) [The Twelve] The First Class of His hearers.-τόπου πεδινοῦ, on a level spot) This spot was not in the bottom of the valley, but half-way down the mountain: a more suitable locality for addressing a large audience than a completely level plain.[60] Such a locality is called in LXX. Isa 13:2, ὌΡΟς ΠΕΔΙΝῸΝ, a mountain table-land [but Engl. Vers. from Hebr., “Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain”].-ὌΧΛΟς ΜΑΘΗΤῶΝ, a crowd of His disciples) The Second Class, which was divided further [by the selection of the Seventy], ch. Luk 10:1. Supply ἔστη, stood.-πλῆθος πολὺ τοῦ λαοῦ, a great multitude of the people) The Third Class.-παραλίου) viz. ΧΏΡΑς, ΤΎΡΟΥ, the seacoast.
[60] Comp. Gnomon on ch. Luk 1:1. Obs. 2, Note, Marg.-E. B.