χαίρετε praes. imper. act. от χαίρω (G844) радоваться, быть счастливым.
άγαλλιάσθε praes. imper. med. (dep.) от άγαλλιάομαι (G3408) сильно радоваться. Praes. imper. призывают к этому чувству.
μισθός (G3408) награда (Carson, 138).
έδίωξαν aor. ind. act., см. Matthew 5:11.
Verse Matthew 5:12. _REJOICE_] In the testimony of a good conscience; for, without this, suffering has nothing but _misery_ in it. _BE EXCEEDING GLAD_] αγαλλιασθε, _leap for joy_. There are several c...
REJOICE, AND BE EXCEEDING GLAD - Regard it as a great privilege thus to be persecuted and to suffer - a thing not to be mourned over, but as among the chief blessings of life. FOR GREAT IS YOUR REWARD...
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REJOICE, AND BE EXCEEDING GLAD. On account of persecution for Christ's sake. The reason why they may justly rejoice is given; GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN. Faith may enable them to make light of...
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...
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_so persecuted they the prophets …_ Persecution is a test and token of true discipleship, that which naturally brings distress and despair to men will bring delight in the kingdom of God. The passion...
ἈΓΑΛΛΙΑ͂ΣΘΕ, of excessive and demonstrative joy. Neither the verb nor its derivatives are classical. St Luke in his parallel passage (Matthew 6:23), has χάρητε ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ καὶ σκιρτήσατε. Such...
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...
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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...
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Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. REJOICE, AND BE EXCEEDING GLAD - `exult' [ agalliasthe (G21)]. In the...
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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REJOICE, AND BE EXCEEDING GLAD. — The second word implies a glorious and exulting joy. The same combination is found, possibly as an actual echo of its use here, in 1 Peter 1:8; 1 Peter 4:13; Revelati...
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...
χαίρετε καὶ ἀγ. In spite of all, joy, exultation is possible nay, inevitable. I not only exhort you to it, but I tell you, you cannot help being in this mood, if once you throw yourselves enthusiastic...
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;...
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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...
_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...
12._Rejoice ye, and leap for joy _The meaning is, a remedy is at hand, that we may not be overwhelmed by unjust reproaches: for, as soon as we raise our minds to heaven, we there behold vast grounds o...
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...
REJOICE AND BE EXCEEDING GLAD,.... Because of the honour put upon them, the glory they bring to Christ and his cause, by cheerfully suffering for it; and because of the glory and happiness that shall...
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great _is_ your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Ver. 12. _Rejoice and be exceeding glad_] Leap and skip for joy, as fr...
_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...
SO PERSECUTED; Hebrews 11:35-38....
In spite of the persecutions, then: Rejoice, and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Joy, gladness in the highest measure...
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Matthew 5:12 Rejoice G5463 (G5720) and G2532 glad G21 (G5737) for G3754 great G4183 your G5216 reward...
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‘Rejoice, and be extremely glad, For great is your reward in Heaven, For so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.' And when persecution happens they should rejoice. Indeed they should be...
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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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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....
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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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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...
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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...
1 Corinthians 3:8; 1 Kings 18:13; 1 Kings 18:4; 1 Kings 19:10;...
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Your reward — Even over and above the happiness that naturally and directly results from holiness....