μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες νῦν. Comp. Luke 1:53; Psalms 107:9. St Matthew here also brings out more clearly that it is the beatitude of spiritual hunger “after righteousness.”

χορτασθήσεσθε. This verb (from χόρτος, a farm-yard) originally, meant ‘to fatten cattle.’ It is used in the LXX[137] and by each of the Evangelists, but only once by St Paul.

[137] LXX. Septuagint.

γελάσετε. See 2 Corinthians 6:10; Revelation 21:4.

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