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Descending to Heal: Aorist Participles, Relative Clauses, and Geographic Scope in Luke’s Sermon Scene

Καὶ καταβὰς μετ’ αὐτῶν ἔστη ἐπὶ τόπου πεδινοῦ, καὶ ὄχλος μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πλῆθος πολὺ τοῦ λαοῦ ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ τῆς παραλίου Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος, οἳ ἦλθον ἀκοῦσαι αὐτοῦ καὶ ἰαθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν νόσων αὐτῶν, (Luke 6:17)

And having come down with them, he stood on a level place; and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon: they came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases.

Setting the Stage for the Sermon

Luke 6:17 introduces the scene commonly known as the “Sermon on the Plain.”… Learn Koine Greek

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