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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into the mountain, and sat down there. And great multitudes came unto Him, having with them those that were lame, blind, maimed, dumb; and cast them at His feet; and He healed them, insomuch that the multitudes wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see, and they glorified the God of Israel." Now He goes about Himself, now sits awaiting the diseased, and hath the lame brought up unto the …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He does not visit Judea frequently, as He does Galilee, because the unbelief of the Judeans was so great. For the Galileans had more faith than they.
Western Saints
Jerome
And when Jesus had passed on from there, he came near the Sea of Galilee; and going up on the mountain, he sat there. And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the mute, the blind, the lame, the weak, and many others. And they threw them down at his feet. …
Thomas Aquinas
Above, the evangelical doctrine was confirmed through the liberation of the Gentiles from the power of demons by the power of Christ; now he confirms it through the liberation from spiritual infirmities, by the fact that he healed many. And he does three things. First, the place is set forth; second, the offering; third, the liberation. The second is at and great multitudes came to him etc.; the third is at and he healed them. …
Rabanus Maurus
Mystically; Having in the daughter of this Chauanæan prefigured the salvation of the Gentiles, He came into Judæa; because, when the fulness of the Gentiles shall have entered in, then shall all Israel be saved. (Rom. 11:25.) Thus raising his hearers to meditate on heavenly things. He sat down there to show that rest is not to be sought but in heavenly things. …
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