The nature of the persecution is indicated in this verse; not torture, imprisonment, and death, but reproach and calumny, precisely the form of persecution to which the disciples must have been now subjected.
MATTHEW 5:11 @yeudo,menoi# {C} It is uncertain whether yeudo,menoi should be included or omitted from the text. On the one hand, the absence of the word in the Western tradition (D itb, c, d, h, k sy...
Verse Matthew 5:11. _WHEN_ MEN _SHALL REVILE YOU, AND PERSECUTE_] The persecution mentioned in the preceding verse comprehends all _outward_ acts of _violence _- all that the _hand_ can do. This comp...
BLESSED ARE YE WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE YOU - Reproach you; call you by evil and contemptuous names; ridicule you because you are Christians. Thus, they said of Jesus that he was a Samaritan and had a de...
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:...
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...
BLESSED WHEN MEN REVILE YOU. This is. personal application of what has just preceded and is addressed to his disciples. Some of those who listened to him were reviled by the Jews, and persecuted unto...
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...
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you false...
REVILE. reproach. EVIL. harmful thing. Greek. _poneros._ App-128. FALSELY. This is another condition of the happiness of Matthew 5:3....
_for righteousness" sake.… for my sake_ Observe these limitations. The _cause_in which a man suffers is everything. Many Galilæan zealots who had been persecuted, reviled, traduced, when they rose aga...
VER11. "BLESSED ARE YE, WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE YOU, AND PERSECUTE YOU, AND SHALL SAY ALL MANNER OF EVIL AGAINST YOU FALSELY, FOR MY SAKE. 12. REJOICE, AND BE EXCEEDING GLAD: FOR GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN...
_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...
ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) с _conj._ когда бы ни. ΌΝΕΙΔΊΣΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΌΝΕΙΔΊΖΩ (G885) поносить, бранить, осыпать оскорблениями (BAGD). ΔΙΏΞΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΔΙΏΚΩ (G1377). ΕΊΠΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj....
DISCOURSE: 1294 PERSECUTION FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS’ SAKE Matthew 5:10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall rev...
BLESSED ARE YE WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE, &C.— Macknight understands this as a distinct beatitude from that in the 10th verse, supposing the former to refer to liberty and external ease; the present to re...
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...
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. BLESSED ARE YE WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE YOU - or abuse you to your fac...
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...
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...
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
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...
BLESSED ARE YE. — Here, for the first time, the beatitude is uttered, not as a general law, but as the portion of the listening disciples to whom the Teacher spoke. The words contain three forms, hard...
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...
_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...
Matthew 5:10-12 being regarded as a transition to a new topic. his seems arbitrary. Delitsch, anxious to establish an analogy with the Decalogue, makes out ten seven from Matthew 5:3 to Matthew 5:9;...
μακάριοί ἐστε. The Teacher expatiates as if it were a favourite theme, giving a personal turn to His further reflections “Blessed are ye.” Is it likely that Jesus would speak so early of this topic to...
THE NEW SALT AND LIGHT OF HUMAN SOCIETY Matthew 5:10-16 We must expect to be persecuted, if we hold up the pure light of a consistent life amid the evils of the world. Men hate the light which expose...
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...
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...
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...
_PROTECTION ON EARTH: REWARD IN HEAVEN_ ‘Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you: … great is your reward in heaven.’ Matthew 5:11 Revelation 7:2, portion for Epistle for All Saints’ Day, should b...
11._When they shall cast reproaches on you _Luke 6:22_When men shall hate you, and separate you, and load you with reproaches, and cast out your name as evil _By these words Christ intended to comfort...
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...
BLESSED ARE YE WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE YOU,.... These words are particularly directed to the disciples of Christ, and are designed to inform them, that they should not be exempted from reproach and pers...
Blessed are ye, when _men_ shall revile you, and persecute _you_, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Ver. 11. _Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute...
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:...
_Blessed are ye_ My true and faithful followers, _when men shall revile you_ Shall unjustly and injuriously reproach you; and _say all manner of evil against you falsely_ This both the Jews and heathe...
FALSELY; when the evil which is said of you is false. FOR MY SAKE; on account of your attachment and likeness to me....
Jesus applies this to His immediate disciples: BLESSED ARE YE WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE YOU, AND PERSECUTE YOU, AND SHALL SAY ALL MANNER OF EVIL AGAINST YOU FALSELY, FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. These are a few of...
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...
FALSELY: _ Gr._ lying...
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,...
Reviling and speaking evil of persons falsely, because of their profession of Christ, and because they dare not sin against God, is a species of persecution, GENESIS 21:9 GALATIANS 4:29, though the lo...
Tertullian Of Patience If the tongue's bitterness break out in malediction or reproach, look back at the saying, "When they curse you, rejoice."[89] Tertullian Of Patience When, however, He says, ...
Matthew 5:11 Blessed G3107 you G2075 (G5748) when G3752 revile G3679 (G5661) and G2532 persecute G1377 ...
‘Blessed ones are you when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, And say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.' The switch here to the second person confirms that the previous ver...
THE PERSECUTION OF THE GODLY, AND THE BLESSEDNESS THAT IS SEEN TO BE THEIRS AS A RESULT. THEY WILL THEREFORE BE LIKE THE PROPHETS OF OLD WHO WERE ALSO PERSECUTED (5:10-12). Analysis of Matthew 5:10....
THE PERSECUTION OF THE GODLY, AND THE BLESSEDNESS THAT IS SEEN TO BE THEIRS AS A RESULT. THEY WILL THEREFORE BE LIKE THE PROPHETS OF OLD WHO WERE ALSO PERSECUTED, AND WILL BE THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND...
Matthew 5:11. BLESSED ARE YE. The personal application; a prophecy also, since WHEN MEN SHALL REVILE YOU, etc., implies that this will happen. The first revilers and persecutors were the unbelieving J...
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,...
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...
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 ...
FALSELY, FOR MY SAKE (ψευδομενο ενεκεν εμου). Codex Bezae changes the order of these last Beatitudes, but that is immaterial. What does matter is that the bad things said of Christ's followers shal...
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...
Matthew 5:11 The words of the text contain a distinct and cogent motive for religious life and service. We are to be religious men and to do religious things "for Christ's sake." I. The urgency of su...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
HAPPY ARE YOU WHEN MEN INSULT YOU. A personal application of Matthew 5:10....
_For My sake._ FOR MY SAKE The supreme and commanding claims implied. Endeavour to understand the meaning of the words, “for my sake.” All intelligent creatures act from some consideration or other-f...
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. ⇐...
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....
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:...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 4:10; 1 Peter 2:23; 1 Peter 4:14; 2 Corinthians 4:11;...
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...
Revile — When present: say all evil — When you are absent....