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MATTHEW 5:4-5 maka,rioi … paraklhqh,sontai) (5) maka,rioi … th.n
gh/n) {B}
If verses Matthew 5:3 and...
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Verse Matthew 5:4. _BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN_] That is, those who,
feeling their _spiritual poverty_, mourn after God, lamenting the
iniquity that separated them from the fountain of blessedness....
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BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN - This is capable of two meanings: either,
that those are blessed who are afflicted with the loss of friends or
possessions, or that they who mourn over sin are blessed. As...
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5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7
_ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .)
2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
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THE BEATITUDES (_cf._ Luke 6:20). These nine sayings (eight if we
reckon Matthew 5:10 as one, or regard Matthew 5:11 f. as having
originally stood elsewhere; seven if we omit...
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BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN.
Not all mourners, for there is "a sorrow of this world that worketh
death." Godly sorrow is meant,. mourning over sinfulness. No one will
seek to escape from sin until he...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48)
As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel.
In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that
the hour has struc...
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BLESSED. Note the Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6). The eight
Beatitudes are to be contrasted with and understood by the eight
"woes" of Matthew 23:13. See App-126....
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_mourn_ Those who mourn for sin are primarily intended; but the
secondary meaning, "those who are in suffering and distress," is not
excluded. The first meaning is illustrated by 2 Corinthians 7:10, ...
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ΠΡΑΙΌΤΗΣ, as an ethical term, is concerned with anger, it
means absence from resentment, meekness in suffering; it is mentioned
with very faint praise by Aristotle who says, ἐπὶ τὸν
μέσον τὴν πρᾳότητα...
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4, 5. These verses are transposed by the leading critics following
Origen, Eusebius and other fathers, but not on the very highest MS.
authority, viz. D. 33 and some versions. On the effect of this ch...
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The transposition of Matthew 5:4-5 to their order in the text is on
the authority of the leading textual critics without however
conclusive MS. support. The logical gradation of thought is in favour
o...
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VER 4. "BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN; FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED."
Ambrose: When you have done thus much, attained both poverty and
meekness, remember that you are a sinner, mourn your sins, as He
pr...
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_JESUS' TEACHINGS ABOUT BLESSEDNESS MATTHEW 5:1-12:_ "And seeing the
multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His
disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them,
s...
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ΠΕΝΘΟΎΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΕΝΘΈΩ (G3996)
скорбеть, оплакивать мертвых.
Переживать горе, до такой степени
охватывающее все существо, что его
невозможно скрыть (Trench, Synonyms; TDNT). _Adj.
pa...
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DISCOURSE: 1288
THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE HUMBLE
Matthew 5:1. _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, and taugh...
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BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN— "Either for their own sins, or for
other men's, and who are steadily and habitually serious; _they shall
be comforted,_ most solidly and deeply in this world, and eternall...
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A. THE CHARACTER AND BLESSINGS OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN
(Parallel: Luke 6:20-26)
TEXT: 5:3-12
3.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4.
Blessed are they that mo...
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Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN: FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED. [Lachmann,
Tischendorf, and Tregelles place this verse after , but on evidence
de...
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18-19 Compare Mar_1:16-18; Luk_5:1-11; Joh_1:40-42.
21-22 Compare Mar_1:19-20; Luk_5:10-11.
23 See Mar_1:21-39.
25 Compare Mar_3:7-8.
1-2 Compare Luk_6:20:23.
1 The “Sermon on the Mount” was proba...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This
sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20),
that it is
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THE BEATITUDES. Properly speaking, the beatitudes are seven in number,
Matthew 5:10; Matthew 5:12, forming an appendix. These three vv. being
counted in, the number of beatitudes is raised, according...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 5
JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29
INTRODUCTION
This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus
taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
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THEY THAT MOURN. — The verb is commonly coupled with weeping (Mark
16:10; Luke 6:25; James 4:9; Revelation 18:15). Here, as before, there
is an implied, t
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CHAPTER 7
The Gospel of the Kingdom
("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1
IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon
on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
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οἱ πενθοῦντες. Who are they? All who on any account
grieve? Then this Beatitude would give utterance to a thoroughgoing
optimism. Pessimists say that there are many griefs for which there is
no remedy...
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_The Beatitudes_. Some general observations may helpfully introduce
the detailed exegesis of these golden words.
1. They breathe the spirit of the scene. On the mountain tops away
from the bustle and...
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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 soul of m...
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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 suggestiv...
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The land of the living, or the kingdom of heaven. The evangelist
prefers calling it the land of the living in this place, to shew that
the meek, the humble, and the oppressed, who are spoiled of the
p...
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CHAPTER 16
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to
spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over
it, and visiting the places of...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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_COMFORT FOR THE MOURNERS_
‘Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.’
Matthew 5:4
Not all sorrow wins this blessedness. There is a sorrow which is
hard, which cherishes resentment...
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4._Happy are they that mourn. _This statement is closely connected
with the preceding one, and is a sort of appendage or confirmation of
it. The ordinary belief is, that calamities render a man unhapp...
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He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him
in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their
portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside.
The str...
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BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN,.... For sin, for their own sins; the sin
of their nature, indwelling sin, which is always working in them, and
is a continual grief of mind to them; the unbelief of their...
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Blessed _are_ they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Ver. 4. _Blessed are they that mourn_] For sin, with a funeral sorrow
(as the word signifieth), such as is expressed by crying and weeping,...
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Mat. 5:1-11. "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, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit:...
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_Blessed_ [or _happy_] _are they that mourn_ Namely, for their own
sins and those of other men, and are steadily and habitually serious,
watchful, and circumspect; for _they shall be comforted_ Even i...
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THEY THAT MOURN; over their spiritual wants, and over sin as the
guilty cause of them; who long for spiritual blessings, and come to
Jesus Christ for them, according to his directions. Revelation 3:18...
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Closely connected with this thought is the next: BLESSED ARE THEY THAT
MOURN; FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED.
The disciples are subject to conditions and circumstances which cause,
which bring about, mou...
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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 we...
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3-12 Our Saviour here gives eight characters of blessed people, which
represent to us the principal graces of a Christian. 1. The poor in
spirit are happy. These bring their minds to their condition,...
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The world is mistaken in accounting the jocund and merry companions
the only happy men; their mirth is madness, and their joy will be like
crackling of thorns under a pot: but those are rather the hap...
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Matthew 5:4 Blessed G3107 mourn G3996 (G5723) For G3754 they G846
comforted G3870 (G5701)...
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‘Blessed ones, those who mourn, for they will be comforted.'
This is not saying that it is good to be in mourning because the
result will be that someone is sure to comfort us. It rather has in
mind I...
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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 and...
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GOD HAS ALREADY BLESSED HIS TRUE PEOPLE BY PRODUCING IN THEM A RIGHT
ATTITUDE OF HEART, AND AN INDICATION OF THE BLESSINGS BOTH PRESENT AND
FUTURE THAT WILL RESULT FROM IT (5:3-9).
As we consider the...
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Matthew 5:4. THEY THAT MOURN, or ‘the mourning ones.' A spiritual
mourning is meant. A sense of need makes men ‘poor in spirit,' but a
consciousness of the positive power of sin makes them mourn. Not...
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Matthew 5:3-11. The beatitudes constitute an ascending series. The
same thoughts are found in the Old Testament, but only since Christ
has been found there.
BLESSED. The word, first applied to God,...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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The scene (Matthew 5:1), the formal preface of the Evangelist (Matthew
5:2); the opening description of the citizens of the kingdom of heaven
(Matthew 5:3-10); their relation to the world ...
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THEY THAT MOURN
(ο πενθουντες). This is another paradox. This verb "is most
frequent in the LXX for mourning for the dead, and for the sorrows and
sins of others" (McNeile). "There can be no comfor...
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Matthew 5:1
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. It is,...
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Matthew 5:3
I. "Blessed are the poor in spirit." This, like so many of our
Saviour's words, is, as it were, a little parable in itself. As the
poor man is with regard to the substance of this world, s...
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Matthew 5:3
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 itself is...
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Matthew 5:4
_(with Luke 6:21)_
I. In all mourning, be it for the dead or for the living, or for what
worldly loss or calamity it may, there is hid, as it were, a beginning
and seed of blessedness. If...
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Matthew 5:4
The Ladder of Perfection. Though there is, and evidently there is
meant to be, a progression, an ascent upwards, both in the characters
that are blessed and in the blessings that are given...
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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 mos...
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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 him....
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Matthew 5:1. _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, and taught them, saying,-_
Our Saviour soon gathered a...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light.
Christ's relation to the law. Divorce.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
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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 upon t...
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HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO MOURN. There is a worldly sadness that causes
death (2 Corinthians 7:10). This is the sadness God uses to make men
turn to him (_2 Corinthians 7-11)._ GOD WILL COMFORT THEM. Throug...
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_They that mourn._
THE MOURNERS WHO ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THE BLESSINGS HERE NAMED
I. Those who indulge the sorrow of discontent.
II. The inordinate sorrow for worldly losses.
III. Sorrow for wounde...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:4 THOSE WHO MOURN. Recognizing one’s sin
should lead to mourning and longing for God’s forgiveness and
healing (see 2 Corinthians 7:10).
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:3 The Beatitudes (from Latin for
“blessed, happy”) all begin with “Blessed are...” These short
statements summarize the Sermon on the Mount.
⇐...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:1 The Authoritative Message of the
Messiah: Kingdom Life for His Disciples. This is the first of five
major teaching sections in Matthew 1:1 (chs....
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JESUS GIVES THE BEATITUDES MATTHEW 5:1-12; LUKE 6:17-26; MATTHEW 5:1
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was
set, his disciples came unto him:...
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CHAPTER 5
_Went up into a mountain._ Let us inquire what mountain this was?
"Some simple brethren," says S. Jerome, "think that Christ taught the
Beatitudes, and the things which follow, on the mount...
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_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 po...
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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 ground by the lake. I...
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Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of
scripture. Matthew five,
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has
sat down, his disciples came unto...
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2 Corinthians 1:4; 2 Corinthians 7:10; 2 Corinthians 7:9; Ezekiel
7:16;...
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They that mourn [π ε ν θ ο υ ν τ ε ς]. Signifying grief
manifested; too deep for concealment. Hence it is often joined with
klaiein, to weep audibly (Mark 16:10; James 4:9).
Shall be comforted. See o...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5:1
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 crowd of p...
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They that mourn — Either for their own sins, or for other men's, and
are steadily and habitually serious. They shall be comforted — More
solidly and deeply even in this world, and eternally in heaven....
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Observe here, 1. That mourning for sin is. gospel-duty: the law allows
no place for repentance, though we seek it carefully with tears.
Observe, 2. The time and reason for this duty. Blessed are they...