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Verse Matthew 5:6. _THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST_] As the body has
its natural appetites of hunger and thirst for the food and drink
suited to its nourishment, so has the soul. No being is
_indest...
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BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER ... - Hunger and thirst, here, are
expressive of strong desire. Nothing would better express the strong
desire which we ought to feel to obtain righteousness than hung...
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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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BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HUNGER, ETC.
This implies the same sense of spiritual needs as verses. and 4.
Hunger is. felt want, in this case. want of righteousness before God,
the righteousness that comes f...
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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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HUNGER AND THIRST, &C. The idiom for. strong desire. Compare Psalms
42:1; Psalms 42:2; Psalms 119:103....
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This longing for righteousness is God's gift to the meek....
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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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ΑΥ̓ΤΟΊ, they in their turn.
ΧΟΡΤΑΣΘΉΣΟΝΤΑΙ. χορτάζειν is one of those words
strong and even coarse in their origin which came to be used by the
Jews at Alexandria with a softened and more refined mean...
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VER 6. "BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER
RIGHTEOUSNESS: FOR THEY SHALL BE FILLED."
Ambrose: As soon as I have wept for my sins, I begin to hunger and
thirst after righteousness. He w...
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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: 1290
HUNGERING AND THIRSTING AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS
Matthew 5:6. _Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after
righteousness; for they shall be filled_.
MEN naturally desire happiness: b...
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BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER, &C.— Our Saviour uses the ideas of
_hunger_ and _thirst_ metaphorically, to express vehement desire. By
_righteousness_ seems to be meant that holiness which the Gosp...
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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 they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for
they shall be filled.
BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS, [
teen (G3588 ) dikaiosuneen (G1343 ) =...
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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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WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST. — We seem in this to hear the lesson
which our Lord had learnt from the recent experience of the
wilderness. The craving of bodily hunger has become a parable of that
highe...
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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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_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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If the object of the hunger and thirst had not been mentioned this
fourth Beatitude would have been parallel in form to the second:
Blessed the hungry, for they shall be filled. We should then have
an...
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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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Hunger and thirst; i.e. spiritually, with an earnest desire of being
just and holy. But others again understand such as endure with
patience the hardships of hunger and thirst. (Witham) --- Rupertus
u...
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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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JOHN'S INFLUENCE
Matthew 5:6, & Mark 1:5. _“Then there went out unto him Jerusalem,
and all Judea, and all the regions round about Jordan, and were
baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.”_...
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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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_HUNGERING AND THIRSTING_
‘Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness:
for they shall he filled.’
Matthew 5:6
What does this mean for us?
I. FOR OURSELVES.—Remember that the b...
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6._Happy are they who hunger _To _hunger and thirst _is here, I think,
used as a figurative expression, (366) and means to suffer poverty, to
want the necessaries of life, and even to be defrauded of...
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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 THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST,.... Not after the riches,
honours, and pleasures of this world, but
AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS; by which is meant, not justice and equity, as
persons oppressed a...
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Blessed _are_ they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for
they shall be filled.
Ver. 6. _Blessed are those that hunger and thirst after
righteousness_] The righteousness of Christ both i...
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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 they which hunger and thirst after righteousness_ That,
instead of desiring the possessions of others, and endeavouring to
obtain them by violence or deceit; and instead of coveting this...
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HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS; ardently desire to be and do
right because it is right; trusting not in their own righteousness,
but in the righteousness of Christ, which by the apostle is call...
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Having named a few negative virtues, the Lord next mentions some
positive qualifications which should characterize His disciples:
BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS; FOR
T...
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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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You see many men and women hungering and thirsting after sensual
satisfactions, or after sensible enjoyments; these are unhappy,
miserable men, they often hunger and thirst, and are not satisfied:
but...
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Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?
How? "In spirit." And again, "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst
after the righteousness of God."[20]
Tertullian On Fasting
How u...
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Matthew 5:6 Blessed G3107 who G3588 hunger G3983 (G5723) and G2532
thirst G1372 (G5723) righteousness G1343 For...
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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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‘Blessed ones, those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for
they will be filled.'
We must here first consider what hunger and thirst in these terms
signify. It must be remembered that these wo...
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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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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 5:6. HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS. ‘ _The_
righteousness,' _i.e._, God's; something without us, given to us, not
merely imputed to us, though that is included, but made ours, part of...
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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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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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THEY THAT HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS
(ο πεινωντες κα διψωντες την
δικαιοσυνην). Here Jesus turns one of the elemental human
instincts to spiritual use. There is in all men hunger for food...
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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 5:5
I. "Blessed are the meek." The word "meek" hardly expresses the
quality which is meant in the original. It is too passive a word; it
does not sufficiently represent the actual character wh...
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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 5:4
The Ladder of Perfection. Though there is, and evidently there is
meant to be, a progression, an ascent upwards, both in the characters
that are blessed and in the blessings that are given...
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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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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:_
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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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. TO DO WHAT GOD REQUIRES. This implies a deep sense of spiritual
need (_compare_ Matthew 5:3-4), a desire to stand before God cleansed
of sin (_see_ Luke 15:17). GOD WILL SATISFY THEM FULLY. _Se...
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THEY WHICH DO HUNGER AND THIRST.
Righteousness desired
I. A few features of the disposition here commended. The term
righteousness is variously used.
1. Sometimes it signifies rectitude.
2. Someti...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:6 THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS long for God’s righteous character to be evident in
people’s lives.
⇐...
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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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Amos 8:11; Isaiah 25:6; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 49:10;...
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Shall be filled [χ ο ρ τ α σ θ η σ ο ν τ α ι]. A very
strong and graphic word, originally applied to the feeding and
fattening of animals in a stall. In Revelation 19:21, it is used of
the filling of...
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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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They that hunger and thirst after righteousness — After the holiness
here described. They shall be satisfied with it....
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Observe, 1. The character of the persons whom Christ pronounces
BLESSED; such as HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS.
2. Wherein their BLESSEDNESS doth consist: THEY SHALL BE FILLED.
By RIGHTEOUSN...