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Verse Matthew 5:9. _THE PEACE-MAKERS_] ειρηνη, _peace_, is
compounded of ειρειν (εις) εν, _connecting into one_: for
as WAR _distracts_ and _divides_ nations, families, and individuals,
from each oth...
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BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS - Those who strive to prevent contention,
strife, and war; who use their influence to reconcile opposing
parties, and to prevent lawsuits and hostilities in families and
ne...
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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 THE PEACEMAKERS.
Not the men who should march under the banner of. Jewish king to
conquer the nations, but the men who in the name of the Prince of
Peace go forth to proclaim peace and goo...
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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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PEACEMAKERS. Compare Psalms 133:1. Greek. _eirenopoios._ Occurs only
here.
CHILDREN. sons. Greek. _huios._...
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_peacemakers_ not only in the sense of those who heal dissension.
Peace is used in a deeper sense, "the peace of God," Philippians 4:7;
"the peace of Christ," Colossians 3:15.
_children of God_ These...
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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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ΕἸΡΗΝΟΠΟΙΟΊ, this is the highest energy of the perfected
soul that has seen God, has had the deepest insight into the divine
nature and is thereby moved to do a divine work. εἰρήνη in its
lower sense...
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VER 9. "BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS: FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE
CHILDREN OF GOD."
Ambrose: When you have made your inward parts clean from every spot of
sin, that dissentions and contentions may no...
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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: 1293
THE PEACE-MAKERS
Matthew 5:9. _Blessed are the peace-makers: for they shall be called
the children of God_.
RELIGION is altogether a practical thing: it has its foundation indeed
in p...
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BLESSED ARE THE PEACE-MAKERS— _Blessed are the peaceable, for they
shall become the children of God._ With respect to the term
_peaceable_ or _peace-makers_ [ειρηνοποιοι], it is to be
noted, that in S...
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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 peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of
God.
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS, [ eireenopoioi (G1518) = yow`ªtseey
(H3289) shaalowm (H7965),...
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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 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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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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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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THE PEACEMAKERS. — Our version rightly distinguishes between the
temper which is simply “peaceable” in itself (James 3:17), and
this, the higher form of the same grace, acting energetically upon
other...
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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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οἱ εἰρηνοποιοί : not merely those who have peace in
their own souls through purity (Augustine), or the peace-loving
(Grotius, Wetstein), but the active heroic promoters of peace in a
world full of ali...
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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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To be peaceful ourselves and with others, and to bring such as are at
variance together, will entitle us to be children of God. Thus we
shall be raised to a participation in the honour of the only beg...
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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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_PEACE AND PEACEMAKERS_
‘Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children
of God.’
Matthew 5:9
The Lord Jesus is the ‘Prince of Peace,’ because wherever He
comes He makes people _...
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9._Happy are the peacemakers _By _peacemakers _he means those who not
only seek peace and avoid quarrels, as far as lies in their power, but
who also labor to settle differences among others, who advi...
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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 PEACE MAKERS,.... Not between God and man, for no man
can make his own peace with God; nor can any mere creature, angels, or
men, make it for him; Christ, in this sense, is the only pe...
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Blessed _are_ the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children
of God.
Ver. 9. _Blessed are the peacemakers_] There are those who, like
salamanders, live always in the fire, and, like trouts, l...
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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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Mat. 5:8, 9. "Blessed are _the pure in heart_: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of
God." Christians should be first 'pure,' then 'peaceable:'...
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Mat. 5:9. "Blessed are the _peacemakers_: for they shall be called
_the children of God._ " Because they are therein like Christ, 'the
child of God,' the Prince of Peace, and the great Peacemaker; and...
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_The peace-makers_ Those who are themselves of a peaceable temper, and
endeavour to promote peace in others: who _study to be quiet_, and, as
_much as in them lieth_, to live peaceably with all men: w...
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PEACEMAKERS; those who desire and seek to have all men at peace with
God, with their own consciences, and with one another.
CHILDREN OF GOD; those who imitate him, and whom he will make heirs
accordi...
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A third positive Christian virtue, reflecting the perfection of Christ
Himself: Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the
children of God.
The disciples of Jesus are children of peace:...
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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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The world blesseth the boisterous, unquiet party of it, that can never
be still, but are continually thinking of more worlds to conquer, and
blowing up the coals of war, division, and sedition: but th...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
And nutriment is received both by bread and by words. And truly
"blessed are the peace-makers,"[15]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV "Blessed, then, are t...
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Matthew 5:9 Blessed G3107 peacemakers G1518 For G3754 they G846 called
G2564 (G5701) sons G5207 God G2316...
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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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‘Blessed ones, the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of
God.'
The final description in the list is of those who seek to make peace,
because they have been blessed by God. God has worked within...
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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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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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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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Matthew 5:9. THE PEACEMAKERS. Not simply the peaceful, but those who
reconcile others. However understood by Christ's hearers, we must
refer it to those who proclaim and further the Gospel of peace, w...
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THE PEACEMAKERS
(ο ειρηνοποιο). Not merely "peaceable men" (Wycliff) but
"makkers up o' strife" (_Braid Scots_). It is hard enough to keep the
peace. It is still more difficult to bring peace where...
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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
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 5:9
The Church as a Peacemaker.
I. Christ the Peacemaker, Christ the Peacegiver, Christ who is to be
yet the King of universal peace, is the Christ we worship and serve;
and this threefold pe...
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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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9.
Happy. who work for peace. Not soldiers of a "Warrior-Messiah" as the
Jews expected, but those who WORK for peace in the name of Jesus. GOD
WILL CALL THEM HIS SONS! God blesses those who carry out...
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_The peacemakers._
PEACEMAKERS
I. How great a blessing is peace.
1. It is the preserver of life.
2. It is the preserver of prosperity.
3. It is the preserver of happiness.
4. They are not easily...
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THE PEACEMAKERS
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.
Matthew 5:9.
Many kings have had some special name attached to them because of
their greatness or on account of som...
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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 5:9 PEACEMAKERS. Those who promote God’s
message of peace through Jesus the Messiah will receive the ultimate
reward of being called SONS OF GOD (see note on Gal. 3:26
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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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1 Chronicles 12:17; 1 Corinthians 6:6; 1 Peter 1:14; 2 Corinthians
13:11;...
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The peacemakers [ο ι ε ι ρ η ν ο π ο ι ο ι]. Should be
held to its literal meaning, peace - makers; not as Wyc., peaceable
men. The founders and promoters or peace are meant; who not only keep
the pea...
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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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The peace makers — They that out of love to God and man do all
possible good to all men. Peace in the Scripture sense implies all
blessings temporal and eternal. They shall be called the children of
G...
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Observe, 1. The connection between peace and puity; purity of heart
and peaceableness of life accompany one another. There is no inward
purity where there is not an endeavour after outward peace.
2....