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Verse Matthew 5:3. _BLESSED_ ARE _THE POOR IN SPIRIT_, C.] Or,
_happy_, μακαριοι from μα or μη, _not_, and κηρ,
_fate_, or _death_: intimating, that such persons were endued with
_immortality_, and c...
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BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT - The word “blessed” means
“happy,” referring to that which produces felicity, from whatever
quarter it may come.
POOR IN SPIRIT - Luke says simply, Blessed are the poor...
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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:...
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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...
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II. THE HEIRS OF THE KINGDOM.
3. BLESSED.
There follow nine beatitudes, each of which pronounces. blessing upon
those who have certain characteristics. The word "blessed" is first
applied to God and...
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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...
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BLESSED. Happy, representing the Hebrew _'ashrey_ (not _baruk,_
blessed). _'Ashrey_ (Figure of speech _Beatitudo,_ not _Benedictio)_
occurs in nineteen Psalms twenty-six times; elsewhere only in eight...
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A. The Subjects of the Kingdom, Matthew 5:3-16.
(1) Their character and privileges, Matthew 5:3-12.
3. _Blessed are the poor in spirit_ The beatitudes so called from the
opening word "beati" (blessed...
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The transposition of Matthew 5:4-5 to their order in the text is on
the authority of the leading textual critics without however
conclusive MS. support. The logical gradation of thought is in favour
o...
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VER 1. AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES, HE WENT UP INTO A MOUNTAIN: AND WHEN
HE WAS SET, HIS DISCIPLES CAME UNTO HIM. 2. AND HE OPENED HIS MOUTH,
AND TAUGHT THEM, SAYING, 3. "BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT:...
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_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...
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DISCOURSE: 1288
THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE HUMBLE
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 taugh...
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BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT— _Happy,_ &c. Doddridge: and so
throughout the beatitudes: I use the word _happy_ rather than
_blessed,_ says he, as more exactly answering to the original word
Μακαριοι...
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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...
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Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
BLESSED ... Of the two words which our translators render "blessed,"
the one here used [ makarioi (G3107)] points more to what i...
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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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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...
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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...
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BLESSED. — The word differs from that used in Matthew 23:39; Matthew
25:34, as expressing a permanent state of felicity, rather than the
passive reception of a blessing bestowed by another.
THE POOR I...
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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...
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μακάριοι. This is one of the words which have been transformed
and ennobled by N. T. use; by association, as in the Beatitudes, with
unusual conditions, accounted by the world miserable, or with rare...
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_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...
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OPENING WORDS OF GRACE AND TRUTH
Matthew 5:1-9
There are many doors into the life of blessedness. It does not depend
on outward possessions, such as worldly goods or high birth. There is
no soul of m...
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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...
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Blessed [are] the (a) poor in (b) spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
(a) Under the name of poverty are meant all the miseries, that are
joined with poverty.
(b) Whose minds and spirits are...
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The poor in spirit; [1] which, according to the common exposition,
signifies the humble of mind and heart. Yet some understand it of such
as are truly in poverty and want, and who bear their indigent...
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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...
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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...
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_POOR IN SPIRIT_
‘Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom of
heaven.’
Matthew 5:3
It must have been an hour never to have been forgotten when Jesus, on
that Mount, which was ever...
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3._Happy are the poor in spirit. _Luke 6:20._Happy (are ye) poor.
_Luke gives nothing more than a simple metaphor: but as the poverty of
many is accursed and unhappy, Matthew expresses more clearly th...
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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...
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BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT,.... Not the poor in purse, or who are
so with respect to things temporal: for though God has chosen and
called many, who are in such a condition of life, yet not all; t...
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Blessed _are_ the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Ver. 3. _Blessed_] The word signifieth such as are set out of the
reach of evil, in a most joyous condition, having just cause t...
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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:...
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_Blessed are the poor in spirit_ The word μακαριοι, here
rendered _blessed_, properly means _happy_, and it may be better to
translate it so, because our Lord seems to intimate by it, not only
that th...
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POOR IN SPIRIT; the humble, who feel their dependence on God in all
things, temporal and spiritual, and look to him for the supply of
every want; more especially those who feel their need, as sinners,...
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His first words strike the key-note of the entire discourse: Blessed
are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
The reference of Jesus here is not primarily to temporal poverty, to
e...
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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...
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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,...
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Happy are they, who, though they be not rich in this world's goods,
yet have a spirit suited to their state and condition, not looking for
their consolation here, but, having a poor and low opinion of...
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Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
and once more, "Blessed are the poor, and those that are persecuted
for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of God."[20]
Clement of Alexandria Strom...
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Matthew 5:3 Blessed G3107 poor G4434 spirit G4151 For G3754 theirs
G846 is G2076 (G5748) kingdom G932 heaven...
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‘Blessed ones, the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingly Rule of
Heaven.'
‘Blessed ones, the poor in spirit.' This certainly includes the
thought that they are ‘happy' and ‘enjoying spiritual fulln...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT PART 1
REQUIRED ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR UNDER THE KINGLY RULE OF HEAVEN
(5:1-7).
Having travelled widely throughout Galilee, and having proclaimed the
need for repentance and...
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GOD HAS ALREADY BLESSED HIS TRUE PEOPLE BY PRODUCING IN THEM A RIGHT
ATTITUDE OF HEART, AND AN INDICATION OF THE BLESSINGS BOTH PRESENT AND
FUTURE THAT WILL RESULT FROM IT (5:3-9).
As we consider the...
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Matthew 5:3. THE POOR IN SPIRIT, not ‘in body,' nor ‘in mind.' The
humble, those conscious of their spiritual needs, and thus prepared to
be filled with the riches of the gospel. The discourse begins...
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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...
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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 5:3-11. 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,...
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BLESSED
(μακαριο). The English word "blessed" is more exactly
represented by the Greek verbal ευλογητο as in Luke 1:68 of
God by Zacharias, or the perfect passive participle
ευλογημενος as in Luke 1...
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Matthew 5:3
I. "Blessed are the poor in spirit." This, like so many of our
Saviour's words, is, as it were, a little parable in itself. As the
poor man is with regard to the substance of this world, s...
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Matthew 5:1
I. The Beatitudes open that discourse which, whatever may be the
difficulties of particular parts of it, has always been recognized as
the most important part of the New Testament. It is,...
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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...
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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...
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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:_
You notice that the Preacher sat down, and that his disciples stood
around him....
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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...
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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...
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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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HAPPY. This word is used many times. It is the happiness which God
gives. [Our English language does not have a word to accurately give
this the full force of the original MAKARIOS. _Extreme happiness...
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_Poor in spirit._
POOR IN SPIRIT
I. Examine the character here spoken of.
1. We should not confound the poor in spirit with the poor in worldly
circumstances.
2. We are not to associate the mean-s...
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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.
⇐...
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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....
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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:...
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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...
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_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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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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Chronicles 33:19; 2 Chronicles 33:23; 2
Chronicles 34:27;...
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Blessed [μ α κ α ρ ι ο ι]. As this word and its cognates occur
at least fifty - five times in the New Testament, it is important to
understand its history, which is interesting because it is one of
th...
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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...
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Happy are the poor — In the following discourse there is, A sweet
invitation to true holiness and happiness, Matthew 5:3. A persuasive
to impart it to others, Matthew 5:13. A description of true Chris...
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(CF. MATTHEW 5:3)— Why does Luke’s version of the Beatitudes
differ from those in Matthew?
PROBLEM: Luke’s version of the first beatitude states “Blessed are
you poor.” While Matthew’s account says “...
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Observe here, 1. It is not said, blessed are the poor in estate, but
BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT: it is not. poverty of purse and
possession, but. poverty of spirit, that entitles us to the blessin...