οἱ πενθοῦντες. Those who mourn for sin are primarily intended, but the secondary meaning of ‘all who are sorrowful’ is not excluded. Sorrow is in itself neutral, cp. 2 Corinthians 7:9, νῦν χαίρω οὐχ ὅτι ἐλυπήθητε�ʼ ὅτι ἐλυπήθητε εἰς μετάνοιαν.

παρακληθήσονται. The supreme παράκλησις is Christ.

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