Transcending the Times (Luke 6:12–49) This section has three major components: (1) 6:12–16, the choice of the Twelve; (2) 6:17–19, the transition from the hills where the Twelve are chosen to the plain where Jesus instructs his disciples; and (3) 6:20–49, the Sermon on the Plain. In Luke-Acts the apostles are primarily witnesses who guarantee the historical continuity and authenticity of the church’s message (Acts 1:21–22): 6:12–16, then, functions to establish an apostolic guarantee for the tradition