Matthew 5:1

When ¹  he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. ²  After he sat down his disciples came to him.

Mt 4:18-22; Mt 4:25; Mt 10:2-4; Mt 13:2; Mt 15:29; Mr 3:13,20; Mr 4:1; Lu 6:13-16; Joh 6:2,3

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² tn Or “up a mountain” (εἰς τὸ ὄρος, eis to oro").

sn The expression up the mountain here may be idiomatic or generic, much like the English “he went to the hospital” (cf. 15:29), or even intentionally reminiscent of Exod 24:12 (LXX), since the genre of the Sermon on the Mount seems to be that of a new Moses giving a new law.