Matthew 5:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. ”

Matthew 5:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad - Regard it as a great privilege thus to be persecuted and to suffer - a thing not to be mourned over, but as among the chief blessings of life. For great is you...
Matthew 5:12 - 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 5:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Rejoice, &c. See 1 Peter 4:13 . Compare Acts 16:25 . for . because. Not the same as in Matthew 5:3 , &c.
Matthew 5:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Rejoice ye, and leap for joy The meaning is, a remedy is at hand, that we may not be overwhelmed by unjust reproaches: for, as soon as we raise our minds to heaven, we there behold vast...
Matthew 5:12 - 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 5:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Rejoice - In the testimony of a good conscience; for, without this, su...
Matthew 5:12 - 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 5:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad - `exult' х agalliasthe ( G21...
Matthew 5:12 - 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 5:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad. — The second word implies a glorious and exulting joy. The same combination is found, possibly as an actual echo of its use here, in 1 Peter 1:8 ; 1 Peter 4:13 ;...
Matthew 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. We have here the opening of our LORD'S Sermon, and, a most blessed serm...
Matthew 5:12 - 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 5:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Rejoice and be exceeding glad ,.... Because of the honour put upon them, the glory they bring to Christ and his cause, by cheerfully suffering for it; and because of the glory and happiness that sha...
Matthew 5:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Ver. 12. Rejoice and be exceeding glad ] Leap and skip for joy, as...
Matthew 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Be so far from being troubled, as to count it all joy, when you fall into these trials, James 1:2 . Let it be music in your ears to hear that the drunkards make you their song. Rejoice in your hea...
Matthew 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - 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 5:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:1 . And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: You notice that the Preacher sat down, and that his disciples stood around h...
Matthew 5:12 - 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 5:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Great is your reward. The reward of the saints I. Consider its preciousness. It is shown- 1. By remembering who bestows it. 2. It is in heaven. 3. It meets and satisfies the yearning o...
Matthew 5:12 - 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 5:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In spite of the persecutions, then: Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Joy, gladness in the highest measur...
Matthew 5:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 3:8 ; 1 Kings 18:13 ; 1 Kings 18:4 ; 1 Kings 19:10-14 ; 1 Kings 19:2 ; 1 Kings 21:20 ; 1 Kings 22:26 ; 1 Kings 22:27 ; 1 Kings 22:8 ; 1 Peter 4:13 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:15 ; 2...
Matthew 5:12 - 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 5:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Your reward — Even over and above the happiness that naturally and directly results from holiness.

Matthew 5:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 5:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 5:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 5:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 5:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 5:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 5:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 5:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 5:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 5:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 5:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 5:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes