“ Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. ”
The meek - Meekness is patience in the reception of injuries. It is neither meanness nor a surrender of our rights, nor cowardice; but it is the opposite of sudden anger, of malice, of long-harbo...
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...
meek. Compare Psalms 37:11 . the earth: or, the land. Greek. ge. See App-129.
5. Happy are the meek By the meek he means persons of mild and gentle dispositions, who are not easily provoked by injuries, who are not ready to take offense, but are prepared to endure...
DISCOURSE: 1289 CHRISTIAN MEEKNESS Matthew 5:5 . Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth . WHILST it is acknowledged on all hands, that Christianity far surpasses all other relig...
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are the meek - Happy, οι πραεις, from ῥαος, easy, those who are of a quiet, gentle spirit, in opposition to the proud and supercilio...
Blessed are the meek— That is, the men of mild and forgiving tempers, who hold all their passions and affections even; they shall inherit the earth; they shall enjoy the protection of civil gover...
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. This promise to the m...
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,...
The meek. — The word so rendered was probably used by St. Matthew in its popular meaning, without any reference to the definition which ethical writers had given of it, but it may be worth while to...
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...
THE MEEK AND THEIR REWARD ‘Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.’ Matthew 5:5 What is the secret of meekness? Conquest of self. I. Victory over self .—Think of the examp...
Blessed are the meek ,.... Who are not easily provoked to anger; who patiently bear, and put up with injuries and affronts; carry themselves courteously, and affably to all; have the meanest thought...
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Ver. 5. Blessed are the meek ] Meekness is the fruit of mourning for sin, and is therefore fitly set next after it. He that can kindly me...
Blessed [or happy ] are the meek Persons of a mild, gentle, long-suffering, and forgiving disposition, who are slow to anger, and averse from wrath; not easily provoked, and if at any time at al...
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...
Men count the hectors of the world happy, whom none can provoke but they must expect as good as they bring, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I tell you these are not truly happy; the...
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...
The meek. Christian meekness I. A general idea of this Christian virtue. It is not that mildness of temper which is natural to some people. This amiable disposition is manifest (1) In the cl...
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...
These two conditions form the prerequisite for the third beatitude: Blessed are the meek, for they. shall inherit the earth. Their heart is not filled with self-righteousness, pride, and conceit....
1 Peter 3:15 ; 1 Peter 3:4 ; 1 Timothy 6:11 ; 2 Timothy 2:25 ; Colossians 3:12 ; Ephesians 4:2 ; Galatians 5:23 ; Isaiah 11:4 ; Isaiah 29:19 ; Isaiah 60:21 ; Isaiah 61:1 ; James 1:21 ; J...
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 meek — They that hold all their passions and affections evenly balanced. They shall inherit the earth — They shall have all things really necessary for life and godliness. They shall...