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Mat 5:1. Ἰδὼν, seeing) sc. afar off.-ὄρος, mountain) and moreover the higher part of the mountain. There He prayed and selected His apostles; see Mar 3:13-19; Luk 6:12-16. Afterwards he came half way down the mountain; and, as He was coming down with His disciples, He met the people coming up, and sat down there to teach; see note on Luk 6:17.[166] A mountain, as being a lofty part of the earth, and thereby nearer to heaven, is best suited for the most holy actions.-προσῆλθον Αὐτῷ, came unto Him[167]) The close admittance and docility of recent disciples.
[166] The night, which is mentioned in Luk 6:12, succeeded to [followed immediately after] miracles, as appears from Mar 3:10, and preceded miracles, according to Luk 6:18. What is said in the beginning of Matthew 5 is suited to the even-tide, which put a close to both classes of miracles, viz., Seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain: the day following will thus claim to itself the rest of His proceedings, viz., When He was set (seated), i.e., after the cures recorded in Luke, which he had performed standing,-His disciples came unto Him.-Harm., p. 242.
[167] Not only the twelve.-B. G. V.