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From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871)
Lu 6:12-49. The Twelve Apostles Chosen—Gathering Multitudes—Glorious Healing.
12, 13. went out—probably from Capernaum.
all night in prayer … and when … day, he called, &c.—The work with which the
next day began shows what had been the burden of this night's devotions. As He
directed His disciples to pray for "laborers" just before sending themselves
forth (see on Mt 9:37; Mt 10:1), so here we find the Lord Himself in prolonged
communion with His Father in preparation for the solemn appointment of those men
who were to give birth to His Church, and from whom the world in all time was to
take a new mould. How instructive is this!
17. in the plain—by some rendered "on a level place," that is, a piece of high
tableland, by which they understand the same thing, as "on the mountain," where
our Lord delivered the sermon recorded by Matthew (Mt 5:1), of which they take
this following discourse of Luke to be but an abridged form. But as the sense
given in our version is the more accurate, so there are weighty reasons for
considering the discourses different. This one contains little more than a
fourth of the other; it has woes of its own, as well as the beatitudes common to
both; but above all, that of Matthew was plainly delivered a good while before,
while this was spoken after the choice of the twelve; and as we know that our
Lord delivered some of His weightiest sayings more than once, there is no
difficulty in supposing this to be one of His more extended repetitions; nor
could anything be more worthy of it.
for the Son of man's sake—Compare Mt 5:11, "for My sake"; and immediately
before, "for righteousness' sake" (Lu 6:10). Christ thus binds up the cause of
righteousness in the world with the reception of Himself.
13-16. (See on Mt 10:2-4.)
19. healed—kept healing, denoting successive acts of mercy till it went over
"all" that needed. There is something unusually grand and pictorial in this
touch of description.
20, 21. In the Sermon on the Mount the benediction is pronounced upon the "poor
in spirit" and those who "hunger and thirst after righteousness" (Mt 5:3, 6).
Here it is simply on the "poor" and the "hungry now." In this form of the
discourse, then, our Lord seems to have had in view "the poor of this world,
rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that
love Him," as these very beatitudes are paraphrased by James (Jas 2:5).
21. laugh—How charming is the liveliness of this word, to express what in
Matthew is called being "comforted!"
22. separate you—whether from their Church, by excommunication, or from their
society; both hard to flesh and blood.
23. leap for joy—a livelier word than "be exceeding glad" of "exult" (Mt 5:12).
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