“ Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. ”
Blessed are the merciful - That is, those who are so affected by the sufferings of others as to be disposed to alleviate them. This is given as an evidence of piety, and it is said that they who...
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...
merciful . compassionate. Compare Psalms 41:1 . mercy. Not merely now, but in the manifestation of the kingdom, James 2:13 (compare Hebrews 4:16 ; Hebrews 8:12 ; Hebrews 10:28 ).
7. Happy are the merciful This paradox, too, contradicts the judgment of men. (367) The world reckons those men to be happy, who give themselves no concern about the distresses of others...
DISCOURSE: 1291 THE REWARD OF MERCIFULNESS Matthew 5:7 . Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy . THERE can be no doubt but that every Minister should set forth the peculiar doct...
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. The merciful - The word mercy, among the Jews, signified two things: the pardon of injuries, and almsgiving. Our Lord undoubtedly takes it in...
Blessed are the merciful— Those who feel for the sorrows of others as their own, and with tender sympathy hasten to relieve them. Dr. Heylin remarks excellently upon this beatitude, nearly in the f...
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the merciful, [ eleeemones ( G1655 ) = chªciydiym ( H2623 )]: for they shall obtain mercy. Beautiful is the conn...
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 merciful. — The thought is the same as that afterwards embodied in the Lord’s Prayer. They who are pitiful towards men their brethren are ipso facto the objects of the divine pity. The negati...
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...
MERCIFULNESS IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE ‘Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.’ Matthew 5:7 The mercifulness of the text is a principle and a grace. It comes from the happy s...
Blessed are the merciful ,.... Who show mercy to the bodies of men, to those that are poor, indigent, and miserable, in their outward circumstances; by both sympathizing with them, and distributing...
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Ver. 7. Blessed are the merciful, ελεημονες] They that from a compassionate heart (melting with sense of God's everlasting mercy to itse...
Blessed [or happy ] are the merciful The tender-hearted, compassionate, kind, and beneficent, who, being inwardly affected with the infirmities, necessities, and miseries of their fellow-creatur...
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...
The men of the world bless themselves if they can take care of themselves, let others do what they will, and as well as they can: but I tell you, that those alone are the blessed men, who are touched...
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 merciful. Christian mercy I. What is Christian mercy? 1. Its nature. 2. Its objects. 3. Its author. 4. Its design. II. How is it exemplified? 1. In the forgiveness of enem...
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...
One of the chief proofs of the Christian's piety is mercy: Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. A heart filled with deep sympathy and sincere compassion for the temporal and spir...
1 Corinthians 7:25 ; 1 Peter 2:10 ; 1 Timothy 1:13 ; 1 Timothy 1:16 ; 2 Corinthians 4:1 ; 2 Samuel 22:26 ; 2 Timothy 1:16-18 ; Colossians 3:12 ; Daniel 4:27 ; Ephesians 4:32 ; Ephesians 5:...
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...
The merciful — The tender — hearted: they who love all men as themselves: They shall obtain mercy — Whatever mercy therefore we desire from God, the same let us show to our brethren. He will repay...