Well, that's progress. 8~)
Since from the text we learn the crowds followed Him up the mountain and then back down the mountain, it certainly seems likely He knew His entire audience.
***Since from the text we learn the crowds followed Him up the mountain and then back down the mountain, it certainly seems likely He knew His entire audience.***
Knew His entire audience? What does that mean?
They didn’t have high powered speaker systems in those days; if one did not possess iron lungs and stand with arms and legs akimbo such as the Shakepearean veterans did, one would not reach the full extent of one’s audience especially if it numbered in the thousands. Sitting on a rock does not lend itself to audibility to the crowds.
Just as there are passages where Jesus speaks directly to Peter, with the others overhearing, thus Jesus speaks to His disciples, with those nearby overhearing.