Matthew 5:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ”

Matthew 5:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed are they which are persecuted - To persecute means literally to pursue; follow after, as one does a flying enemy. Here it means to vex, or oppress one, on account of his religion. They pe...
Matthew 5:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Beatitudes ( cf. Luke 6:20-23 ). These nine sayings (eight if we reckon Matthew 5:10-12 as one, or regard Matthew 5:11 f. as having originally stood elsewhere; seven if we omit Matthew 5...
Matthew 5:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a re persecuted . have been persecuted. Compare Psalms 37:39 ; Psalms 37:40 . for . on account of. for righteousness'sake. Not otherwise.
Matthew 5:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. Happy are they who suffer persecution The disciples of Christ have very great need of this instruction; and the more hard and disagreeable it is for the flesh to admit it, the more earne...
Matthew 5:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1294 PERSECUTION FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS’ SAKE Matthew 5:10-12 . Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men...
Matthew 5:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. They which are persecuted - Δεδιωγμενοι, they who are hard pressed upon and pursued with repeated...
Matthew 5:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Blessed are they which are persecuted, &c.— One might imagine that a person of the amiable temper and behaviour described in the last-mentioned beatitude would be the darling of mankind; but ou...
Matthew 5:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake ... How entirely this final b...
Matthew 5:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Beatitudes . Properly speaking, the beatitudes are seven in number, Matthew 5:10-11 ; Matthew 5:12 , forming an appendix. These three vv. being counted in, the number of beatitudes is raised,...
Matthew 5:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Persecuted for righteousness sake. — Here again there is a profound significance in the order. The work of the peacemakers is not a light and easy work. Often, as of old, when we “labour for peace,...
Matthew 5:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
Matthew 5:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the New Salt and Light of Human Society Matthew 5:10-16 We must expect to be persecuted, if we hold up the pure light of a consistent life amid the evils of the world. Men hate the light which...
Matthew 5:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggesti...
Matthew 5:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PERSECUTED ‘Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.’ Matthew 5:10 I. The saints have always been persecuted. II. The world h...
Matthew 5:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Blessed are they which are persecuted ,.... Not for any crimes they have done, for unrighteousness and iniquity, as murderers, thieves, and evildoers, but for righteousness sake : on account of th...
Matthew 5:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Ver. 10. Blessed are they that are persecuted ] To be persecuted (as simply considered) is no...
Matthew 5:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For righteousness' sake Or for the sake of Christ and a good conscience; that Isaiah, 1 st, for their steady belief and profession of, and adherence to any article of Christian faith; 2d, for their...
Matthew 5:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him w...
Matthew 5:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn...
Matthew 5:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The men of the world judge those men very unhappy and miserable whom their rulers make the objects of their wrath and malice, and pursue violently to the loss of their estates, liberties, or lives, n...
Matthew 5:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Blessed ones, those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the Kingly Rule of Heaven.” Here those who are blessed by God ‘have been persecuted for righteousness' sake'. Th...
Matthew 5:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT The aim and contents of the “ Sermon .”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and...
Matthew 5:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

kingdom ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 3:2 ).
Matthew 5:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:1-10 I. The Beatitudes open that discourse which, whatever may be the difficulties of particular parts of it, has always been recognized as the most important part of the New Testament....
Matthew 5:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:1 . And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: For convenience, and quietude, and to be out of the way of traffic, he went up into a mountain. Elevated doctrines would seem...
Matthew 5:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:1 . Seeing the multitudes, assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upo...
Matthew 5:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Persecuted for righteousness. Persecution I. In what religious persecution consists. 1. Negative persecution which falls short of violence. 2. Domestic persecution. 3. Private persecut...
Matthew 5:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 5:1 And seeing the multitudes ; i.e. those spoken of in Matthew 4:25 —the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. He went up . From the lower groun...
Matthew 5:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

It is inevitable that the reproach of Christ will strike the disciples in their endeavor to follow these rules, and so Jesus adds: Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for...
Matthew 5:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:9-13 ; 1 John 3:12 ; 1 Peter 3:13 ; 1 Peter 3:14 ; 1 Peter 4:12-16 ; 2 Corinthians 4:17 ; 2 Corinthians 4:8-12 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:4-7 ; 2 Timothy 2:12 ; 2 Timothy 3:11 ; A...
Matthew 5:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:1-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Before the Lord sat a great...
Matthew 5:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For righteousness' sake — That is, because they have, or follow after, the righteousness here described. He that is truly a righteous man, he that mourns, and he that is pure in heart, yea, all tha...

Matthew 5:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 5:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 5:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 5:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 5:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:10 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 5:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 5:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 5:10 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 5:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 5:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 5:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 5:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes