ACC ~ John 6 v3

A MOUNTAIN VANTAGE POINT

CHRYSOSTOM: He went up onto the mountain because of the miracle he was going to do. The disciples alone ascended with him which implies that the people who stayed behind were at fault for not following. He went up to the mountain too as a lesson to us to retire from the tumult and confusion of the world. For solitude is appropriate for the study of wisdom. Jesus often went up alone onto a mountain in order to pray, even spending the night there. He did this in order to teach us that the one who will come most near to God must be free from all disturbance and must seek times and places away from all the confusion. HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 42.1. [1]

[1] NPNF 1 14:151**.

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