Sermon on the mount

After spending a night in solemn meditation and prayer in the lonely mountain-range to the west of the Lake of Galilee (Luke "6:12), on the following morning our Lord called to him his" "disciples, and from among them chose twelve, who were to be" "henceforth trained to be his apostles (Mark 3:14, 15). After" "this solemn consecration of the twelve, he descended from the" "mountain-peak to a more level spot (Luke 6:17), and there he sat" "down and delivered the "sermon on the mount" (Matt. 5-7; Luke" 6:20-49) to the assembled multitude. The mountain here spoken of "was probably that known by the name of the "Horns of Hattin" "(Kurun Hattin), a ridge running east and west, not far from" "Capernaum. It was afterwards called the "Mount of Beatitudes."

Related Bible Dictionary Terms:
Congregation mount of the    Ephraim Mount    Mount    Mount of beatitudes    Mount of corruption    Mount of the Amalekites    Mount of the Amorites    Mount of the congregation    Mount of the valley    Naphtali Mount    Olves Mount of    Paran Mount    Perazim Mount