(August 30, 2013 at 8:54 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: Newsflash Drich and Tonus: the two events are mutually exclusive. Either Jesus preached on the plain or he preached sitting down on higher ground. Such a difference is enough to question the authors' sources.
Maybe read the account. The bible does not say plain. It say flat place. As in Jesus was walking down a steep mountain side, found a flat place on the mountain side and began to teach. Luke's account does not ever say Christ left the mountain.