Matthew 5:6

hunger and thirst, &c. The idiom for. strong desire. Compare Psalms 42:1; Psalms 42:2; Psalms 119:103.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They that hunger and thirst after righteousness — After the holiness here described. They shall be satisfied with it.

⁶ Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 5:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Matthew 5:6