Matthew 5:1
Douay-Rheims
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he was set down, his disciples came unto him.
John Chrysostom
(Hom. xv.) By not choosing His seat in the city, and the market place, but on a mountain in a desert, He has taught us to do nothing with ostentation, and to depart from crowds, above all when we are to be employed in philosophy, or in speaking of serious things.
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 5:1-3
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.