Matthew 5:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely,a for my sake. ”

Matthew 5:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed are ye when men shall revile you - Reproach you; call you by evil and contemptuous names; ridicule you because you are Christians. Thus, they said of Jesus that he was a Samaritan and had...
Matthew 5:11 - 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 5:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

revile . reproach. evil . harmful thing. Greek. poneros. App-128. falsely. This is another condition of the happiness of Matthew 5:3 .
Matthew 5:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. When they shall cast reproaches on you Luke 6:22 When men shall hate you, and separate you, and load you with reproaches, and cast out your name as evil By these words Christ inten...
Matthew 5:11 - 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 5:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you , and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. When men shall revile you, and persecute - The persecution mention...
Matthew 5:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Blessed are ye when men shall revile, &c.— Macknight understands this as a distinct beatitude from that in the 10th verse, supposing the former to refer to liberty and external ease; the presen...
Matthew 5:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you - or abuse you to you...
Matthew 5:11 - 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 5:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Blessed are ye. — Here, for the first time, the beatitude is uttered, not as a general law, but as the portion of the listening disciples to whom the Teacher spoke. The words contain three forms, h...
Matthew 5:11 - 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 5:11 - 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 5:11 - 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 5:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

PROTECTION ON EARTH: REWARD IN HEAVEN ‘Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you: … great is your reward in heaven.’ Matthew 5:11-12 Revelation 7:2 , portion for Epistle for All Saints’ Day...
Matthew 5:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Blessed are ye when men shall revile you ,.... These words are particularly directed to the disciples of Christ, and are designed to inform them, that they should not be exempted from reproach and p...
Matthew 5:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you , and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Ver. 11. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecu...
Matthew 5:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Blessed are ye My true and faithful followers, when men shall revile you Shall unjustly and injuriously reproach you; and say all manner of evil against you falsely This both the Jews and heath...
Matthew 5:11 - 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 5:11 - 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 5:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Reviling and speaking evil of persons falsely, because of their profession of Christ, and because they dare not sin against God, is a species of persecution, Genesis 21:9 Galatians 4:29 , though...
Matthew 5:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Persecution of the Godly, And the Blessedness That Is Seen To Be Theirs As A Result. They Will Therefore Be Like The Prophets Of Old Who Were Also Persecuted (5:10-12). Analysis of Matthew 5:...
Matthew 5:11 - 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 5:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:3-12 Introductory Beatitudes. I. The first Beatitude pronounces a blessing on those who are Poor in Spirit. Let the limitation, the "in spirit," be carefully borne in mind. Poverty itse...
Matthew 5:11 - 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 5:11 - 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 5:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

For My sake. For My sake The supreme and commanding claims implied. Endeavour to understand the meaning of the words, “for my sake.” All intelligent creatures act from some consideration or oth...
Matthew 5:11 - 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 5:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jesus applies this to His immediate disciples: Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My name's sake. These are a fe...
Matthew 5:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:10 ; 1 Peter 2:23 ; 1 Peter 4:14 ; 2 Corinthians 4:11 ; Acts 9:16 ; Isaiah 66:5 ; John 15:21 ; John 9:28 ; Luke 21:12 ; Luke 21:17 ; Luke 6:22 ; Luke 7:33 ; Luke 7:34 ;...
Matthew 5:11 - 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 5:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Revile — When present: say all evil — When you are absent.

Matthew 5:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 5:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 5:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 5:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 5:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 5:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 5:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 5:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 5:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 5:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 5:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes