Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Matthew 5:2

There are 2 footnotes for this reference.

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 9, page 56, footnote 28 (Image)

Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypses, Visio Pauli, Testament of Abraham, Acts of X/P, Zosimus, Aristides, Clement, Origen

The Diatessaron of Tatian. (HTML)

The Diatessaron. (HTML)

Section VIII. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 640 (In-Text, Margin)

[26] Then he lifted up his eyes unto them, and opened his mouth,[Matthew 5:2] and taught them, and said,

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 9, page 433, footnote 8 (Image)

Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypses, Visio Pauli, Testament of Abraham, Acts of X/P, Zosimus, Aristides, Clement, Origen

Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew. (HTML)

Origen's Commentary on Matthew. (HTML)

Book XI. (HTML)
The Multitudes and the Disciples Contrasted. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 5366 (In-Text, Margin)

... for us to set forth a few sayings, so that any one who is moved by them may do the like with the whole of the Gospels. It is written then—as if the multitudes were below, but the disciples were able to come to Jesus when He went up into the mountain, where the multitudes were not able to be—as follows: “And seeing the multitudes He went up into the mountain, and when He had sat down His disciples came unto Him; and He opened His mouth and taught them saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit,” etc.[Matthew 5:1-3] And again in another place, as the multitudes stood in need of healing, it is said, “Many multitudes followed Him and He healed them.” We do not find any healing recorded of the disciples; since if any one is already a disciple of Jesus he is whole, ...

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