Further Notes on the Sermon on the Mount

Further detailed notes, with supporting citations, are currently available on the passages and topics shown below. 

Passages

• Matthew 5:1-2 - Jesus goes up the mount and begins to teach; 
• Matthew 5:3-10 - The Beatitudes, with additional notes on each verse: 
• Matthew 5:3 - Blessed are the poor in spirit;
• Matthew 5:4 - Blessed are those who mourn;
• Matthew 5:5 - Blessed are the meek;
• Matthew 5:6 - Blessed are those who hunger and thirst;
• Matthew 5:7 - Blessed are the merciful;
• Matthew 5:8 - Blessed are the peacemakers;
• Matthew 5:9 - Blessed are the merciful;
• Matthew 5:10 - Blessed are the persecuted;
• Matthew 5:11-12 - Rejoice when you are persecuted;
• Matthew 5:13 - The salt of the world;
• Matthew 5:14-16 - The light of the world;
• Matthew 5:17-18 - Not to abolish the law but to fulfil it; 
• Matthew 5:19-20 - Keep and teach the commandments;
• Matthew 5:21-22 - Anger equates to murder;
• Matthew 5:23-26 - Animosity at the altar (echoes of Cain murdering Abel);
• Matthew 5:27-28 - Lustful looks equate to adultery
• Matthew 5:29-30 - Offensive eyes and hands
• Matthew 6:9-15 - The Lord’s Prayer.

Topics

• The authenticity of the Sermon on the Mount;
• Gehenna;
• The genre of the Sermon on the Mount;
• The Gospel of Thomas and the Sermon on the Mount;
• Harmonising the Synoptic Gospels; 
• Judaism’s commentaries;
• Mark 9:36-50, salt and the Sermon on the Mount;
• The Sermon on the Plain and the Sermon on the Mount;
• Parallel passages in the synoptic gospels and Thomas;
• The Ten Commandments;
• The Epistle of James and the Sermon on the Mount.