And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him:
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
. He teaches us not to do anything ostentatiously. For when He is about to teach, He goes up onto the mountain, thus instructing us also when we would teach, to depart from the bustle in the city.
The multitude comes for the miracles, but the disciples come for the teachings. So when He has finished the miracles and healed their bodies, then He heals their souls as well, that we may learn that He is the Creator of both souls and bodies.
