Luke 6 · Verse 17

Luke 6:17

And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
Luke 6:17, King James Version

Luke 6:17 in other translations

BSBThen Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon.
WEBHe came down with them and stood on a level place, with a crowd of his disciples and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases,
ASVand he came down with them, and stood on a level place, and a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judæa and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
YLTand having come down with them, he stood upon a level spot, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their sicknesses,
DARBYand having descended with them, he stood on a level place, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judaea and Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
BBEAnd he came down with them to a level place, and a great band of his disciples, and a very great number of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and from the parts of Tyre and Sidon by the sea, came to give hearing to him, and to be made well from their diseases;
WebsterAnd he came down with them, and stood in the plain; and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

What does Luke 6:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 17. And stood in the plain. It is not affirmed, however, that he stood in the plain when he delivered the following discourse. There has been some doubt whether the following discourse is the same as that recorded in the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew, or whether the Saviour repeated the substance of that discourse, and that Luke recorded it as he repeated it. The reasons which have led many to sup- pose that they refer to the same are --

1st. That the beginning and the close are alike.

2nd. That the substance of each is the same. And,

3rd. That after the discourse was delivered, both affirm that Jesus went to Capernaum and healed the servant of the centurion, Mt 8:5-13, Lk 7:1-10. On the other hand, Matthew says that the sermon was delivered on the mountain (Mt 5:1); it is thought to be implied that Luke affirms that it was in the plain. Matthew says that he sat; Luke, that he stood. Yet there is no reason to suppose that there is a difference in the evangelists. Jesus spent the night on the mountain in prayer. In the morning he descended into the open plain and healed many. While there, as Luke says, he "stood" and received those who came to him, and healed their diseases. There is no impropriety in supposing that, being pressed by multitudes, he retired into the mountain again, or to an eminence in the plain, or to the side of the mountain, where the people might be more conveniently arranged and seated to hear him. There he sat, as recorded by Matthew, and delivered the discourse; for it is to be observed that Luke does not say that he delivered the sermon on the plain, but only that he healed the sick there.

Tyre and Sidon. Mt 11:21.

(q) "great multitude", Mt 4:25, Mk 3:7 (r) "to be healed", Ps 103:3, 107:17-20

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 And stood in the plain - In Mat 5:1, which is supposed to be the parallel place, our Lord is represented as delivering this sermon on the mountain; and this has induced some to think that the sermon mentioned here by Luke, though the same in substance with that in Matthew, was delivered in a different place, and at another time; but, as Dr. Priestly justly observes, Matthew's saying that Jesus was sat down after he had gone up to the mountain, and Luke's saying that he stood on the plain when he healed the sick, before the discourse, are no inconsistencies. The whole picture is striking. Jesus ascends a mountain, employs the night in prayer; and, having thus solemnly invoked the Divine blessing, authoritatively separates the twelve apostles from the mass of his disciples. He then descends, and heals in the plain all the diseased among a great multitude, collected from various parts by the fame of his miraculous power. Having thus created attention, he likewise satisfies the desire of the people to hear his doctrine; and retiring first to the mountain whence he came, that his attentive hearers might follow him and might better arrange themselves before him - Sacro digna silentio mirantur omnes dicere. Horace. All admire his excellent sayings with sacred silence. See Bishop Newcome's notes on his Harmony of the Gospels, p. 19.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 6:12-19

We often think one half hour a great deal to spend in meditation and secret prayer, but Christ was whole nights engaged in these duties. In serving God, our great care should be not to lose time, but to make the end of one good duty the beginning of another. The twelve apostles are here named; never were men so privileged, yet one of them had a devil, and proved a traitor. Those who have not faithful preaching near…

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Luke 6:17 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
καταβὰςkatabashaving descendedG2597
μετ᾽met᾽withG3326
αὐτῶνautōnthemG846
ἔστηestēHe stoodG2476
ἐπὶepionG1909
τόπουtopoua placeG5117
πεδινοῦ.pedinoulevel.G3977
καὶkaiandG2532
ὄχλοςochlosa crowdG3793
πολὺςpoluslargeG4183
μαθητῶνmathētōnof disciplesG3101
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846
καὶkaiandG2532
πλῆθοςplēthosa multitudeG4128
πολὺpolugreatG4183
τοῦtouof theG3588
λαοῦlaoupeopleG2992
ἀπὸapofromG575
πάσηςpasēsallG3956
τῆςtēs<the>G3588
ἸουδαίαςIoudaiasJudeaG2449
καὶkaiandG2532
ἸερουσαλὴμIerousalēmJerusalemG2419
καὶkaiandG2532
τῆςtēstheG3588
παραλίουparaliousea coastG3882
ΤύρουTurouof TyreG5184
καὶkaiandG2532
ΣιδῶνοςSidōnosSidonG4605

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Cross references for Luke 6:17

  • Matthew 11:21

    Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

  • Psalms 107:17-20

    Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

  • Matthew 14:14

    And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

  • Mark 3:7-12

    But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea, And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. …

  • Matthew 12:15

    But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

  • Psalms 103:3

    Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

  • Matthew 4:23-25

    And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan.

  • Mark 7:24-31

    And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. …

  • Matthew 15:21

    Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

  • Luke 5:15

    But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

  • Luke 6:12

    And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

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and a.
Mt 4:23-25; 12:15; Mr 3:7-12
the sea.
Mt 11:21; 15:21; Mr 3:8; 7:24-31
which.
5:15; Mt 14:14
to be.
Ps 103:3; 107:17-20

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Context

  • Luke 6:16

    And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

  • Luke 6:17

    And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

  • Luke 6:18

    And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.

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Luke 6:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y descendió con ellos, y se paró en un lugar llano, y la compañía de sus discípulos, y una grande multitud de pueblo de toda Judea y de Jerusalem, y de la costa de Tiro y de Sidón, que habían venido á oirle, y para ser sanados de sus enfermedades;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– et étant descendu avec eux, il s’arrêta dans un lieu uni, ainsi que la foule de ses disciples et une grande multitude de peuple de toute la Judée et de Jérusalem, et de la contrée maritime de Tyr et de Sidon,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und als er mit ihnen herabgestiegen war, stand er auf einem ebenen Platze, und eine Menge seiner Jünger und eine große Menge des Volkes von ganz Judäa und Jerusalem und von der Seeküste von Tyrus und Sidon, welche kamen, ihn zu hören und von ihren Krankheiten geheilt zu werden;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et descendens cum illis, stetit in loco campestri, et turba discipulorum ejus, et multitudo copiosa plebis ab omni Judæa, et Jerusalem, et maritima, et Tyri, et Sidonis,