“ Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ”
Blessed are the poor in spirit - The word “blessed” means “happy,” referring to that which produces felicity, from whatever quarter it may come. Poor in spirit - Luke says simply, Blessed are...
Blessed [are] the (a) poor in (b) spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (a) Under the name of poverty are meant all the miseries, that are joined with poverty. (b) Whose minds and spirits ar...
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...
Blessed . Happy, representing the Hebrew 'ashrey (not baruk, blessed). 'Ashrey (Figure of speech Beatitudo, not Benedictio) occurs in nineteen Psalms twenty-six times; elsewhere only in ei...
3. Happy are the poor in spirit. Luke 6:20 . Happy (are ye) poor. Luke gives nothing more than a simple metaphor: but as the poverty of many is accursed and unhappy, Matthew expresses m...
DISCOURSE: 1288 THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE HUMBLE Matthew 5:1-4 . And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: and he opened his mouth, an...
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the poor in spirit, etc. - Or, happy, μακαριοι from μα or μη, not, and κηρ, fate, or death: intimating, that such pe...
Blessed are the poor in spirit— Happy, &c. Doddridge: and so throughout the beatitudes: I use the word happy rather than blessed, says he, as more exactly answering to the original word Μ...
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed ... Of the two words which our translators render "blessed," the one here used х makarioi ( G3107 )] points mo...
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,...
Blessed. — The word differs from that used in Matthew 23:39 ; Matthew 25:34 , as expressing a permanent state of felicity, rather than the passive reception of a blessing bestowed by another. T...
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...
Opening Words of Grace and Truth Matthew 5:1-9 There are many doors into the life of blessedness. It does not depend on outward possessions, such as worldly goods or high birth. There is no sou...
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...
POOR IN SPIRIT ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.’ Matthew 5:3 It must have been an hour never to have been forgotten when Jesus, on that Mount, which was...
Blessed are the poor in spirit ,.... Not the poor in purse, or who are so with respect to things temporal: for though God has chosen and called many, who are in such a condition of life, yet not all...
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Ver. 3. Blessed ] The word signifieth such as are set out of the reach of evil, in a most joyous condition, having just caus...
Blessed are the poor in spirit The word μακαριοι, here rendered blessed , properly means happy , and it may be better to translate it so, because our Lord seems to intimate by it, not only that t...
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...
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...
Happy are they, who, though they be not rich in this world's goods, yet have a spirit suited to their state and condition, not looking for their consolation here, but, having a poor and low opinion o...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT PART 1 REQUIRED ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR UNDER THE KINGLY RULE OF HEAVEN (5:1-7). Having travelled widely throughout Galilee, and having proclaimed the need for repentance...
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 5:1-10 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 5:1 . 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 5:1 . 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...
Poor in spirit. Poor in spirit I. Examine the character here spoken of. 1. We should not confound the poor in spirit with the poor in worldly circumstances. 2. We are not to associate the...
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...
His first words strike the key-note of the entire discourse: Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The reference of Jesus here is not primarily to temporal poverty, to...
2 Chronicles 33:12 ; 2 Chronicles 33:19 ; 2 Chronicles 33:23 ; 2 Chronicles 34:27 ; 2 Chronicles 7:14 ; Daniel 5:21 ; Daniel 5:22 ; Deuteronomy 8:2 ; Isaiah 30:18 ; Isaiah 57:15 ; Isaiah 6...
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...
Happy are the poor — In the following discourse there is, A sweet invitation to true holiness and happiness, Matthew 5:3-12 . A persuasive to impart it to others, Matthew 5:13-16 . A description...