Matthew 5:4

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 φέρομεν πρὸς τὴν ἔλλειψιν�, and again, εἴπερ δὴ ἡ πρᾳότης ἐπαινεῖται, Eth. Nic. IV. 5. 1–3. In the Christian scheme πρᾳότης is the root of ἀγάπη, absence of resentment grows into perfect love through ἐπιείκεια. Jesus who was πρᾳῢς loved (ἠγάπησεν) his enemies.

κληρονομήσουσιν τὴν γῆν. Psalms 37:11. In a literal sense the meek have inherited the earth. History has no example of higher exaltation than that of the Apostles, and the code which they promulgated rules the world. To this thought may possibly be referred, 1 Corinthians 6:2, οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἅγιοι τὸν κόσμον κρινοῦσιν;