Matthew 5:5
What meaning of the matthew 5:5 in the Bible?
What does Matthew 5:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."
What does Matthew 5:5 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth."
MATTHEW 5:4-5 maka,rioi … paraklhqh,sontai) (5) maka,rioi … th.n gh/n) {B} If verses Matthew 5:3 and Matthew 5:5 had originally stood together, with their rhetorical antithesis of heaven and earth, i...
Verse Matthew 5:5. _BLESSED ARE THE MEEK_] Happy, οι πραεις, from ραος, _easy_, those who are of a _quiet, gentle_ spirit, in opposition to the proud and supercilious Scribes and Pharisees and their d...
THE MEEK - Meekness is patience in the reception of injuries. It is neither meanness nor a surrender of our rights, nor cowardice; but it is the opposite of sudden anger, of malice, of long-harbored v...
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:...
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 Matthew 5:5) have analogi...
BLESSED ARE THE MEEK. The mild, the gentle, the tranquil, opposed to the passionate and ambitious, the kind of men who succeeded in such. kingdom as the Jews expected. In an earthly kingdom the self-...
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 stru...
MEEK. Compare Psalms 37:11. THE EARTH: or, the land. Greek. _ge._ See App-129....
_the meek_ Psalms 37:11. "But the meek shall inherit the earth." See note Matthew 5:3. Meekness is mentioned with very faint praise by the greatest of heathen moralists, Aristotle. He calls it "a mean...
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...
VER 5. "BLESSED ARE THE MEEK: FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH." [ed. note, b: Verses 4 and 5 are transposed in the Vulgate.] Ambrose, in Luc. c. v. 20: When I have learned contentment in poverty, t...
_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...
ΠΡΑΕΊΣ _пот. pl. от_ ΠΡΑΫ́Σ (G4239) кроткий, добрый. Смирение и кротость, проявляющиеся в терпении, с которым сносятся обиды, без злобы и желания мстить (R.Leivestad, "The Meekness and Gentleness of...
DISCOURSE: 1289 CHRISTIAN MEEKNESS Matthew 5:5. _Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth_. WHILST it is acknowledged on all hands, that Christianity far surpasses all other religions i...
BLESSED ARE THE MEEK— That is, the men of mild and forgiving tempers, who hold all their passions and affections even; _they shall inherit the earth;_ they shall enjoy the protection of civil governme...
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...
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. BLESSED ARE THE MEEK: FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH. This promise to the meek is bu...
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 prob...
5:5 earth. (f-9) Or 'land.' This is a quotation from Psalms 37:11 . For a Jew, inheriting the land was inheriting the earth, and vice versa. It was not the haughty Pharisee or the violent who were to...
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...
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...
THE MEEK. — The word so rendered was probably used by St. Matthew in its popular meaning, without any reference to the definition which ethical writers had given of it, but it may be worth while to re...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Not those that mourn for worldly motives, but such as mourn for their sins, are blessed. The sorrow that is according to God, says St. Paul, worketh penance steadfast unto salvation, but the sorrow of...
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...
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...
_THE MEEK AND THEIR REWARD_ ‘Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.’ Matthew 5:5 What is the secret of meekness? Conquest of self. I. VICTORY OVER SELF.—Think of the example of M...
5._Happy are the meek _By _the meek _he means persons of mild and gentle dispositions, who are not easily provoked by injuries, who are not ready to take offense, but are prepared to endure anything r...
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...
BLESSED ARE THE MEEK,.... Who are not easily provoked to anger; who patiently bear, and put up with injuries and affronts; carry themselves courteously, and affably to all; have the meanest thoughts o...
Blessed _are_ the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Ver. 5. _Blessed are the meek_] Meekness is the fruit of mourning for sin, and is therefore fitly set next after it. He that can kindly melt...
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:...
_Blessed_ [or _happy_] _are the meek_ Persons of a mild, gentle, long-suffering, and forgiving disposition, who are slow to anger, and averse from wrath; not easily provoked, and if at any time at all...
THE MEEK; those who are gentle and forgiving, submissive and teachable, patient under injuries, disposed not to render evil for evil, but to overcome evil with good. INHERIT THE EARTH; receive and en...
These two conditions form the prerequisite for the third beatitude: BLESSED ARE THE MEEK, FOR THEY. SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH. Their heart is not filled with self-righteousness, pride, and conceit. They...
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...
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,...
Men count the hectors of the world happy, whom none can provoke but they must expect as good as they bring, _an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:_ but I tell you these are not truly happy; they...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III This, therefore, the Word of God was made, recapitulating in Himself His own handiwork; and on this account does He confess Himself the Son of man, and blesses "the...
Matthew 5:5 Blessed G3107 meek G4239 For G3754 they G846 inherit G2816 (G5692) earth G1093 the meek - Map1 I0072 Matthew 11:29, Matthew 21:5; Numbers 12:3; Psalms 22:26, Psalms 25:9,...
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...
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 (Matthew 5:1...
THE MEEK (ο πραεις). Wycliff has it "Blessed be mild men." The ancients used the word for outward conduct and towards men. They did not rank it as a virtue anyhow. It was a mild equanimity that was...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
HAPPY ARE THE MEEK. Jesus was meek, yet he firmly stood up to the Pharisees. To be meek is to be kind, gentle, humble, teachable. The Jewish Zealots expected a kingdom in which the harsh and the cruel...
_The meek._ CHRISTIAN MEEKNESS I. A general idea of this Christian virtue. It is not that mildness of temper which is natural to some people. This amiable disposition is manifest (1) In the closet;...
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. Matthew 5:1; Matthew 10:1;...
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: Luke 6:17 And he came down...
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...
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...
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 Peter 3:15; 1 Peter 3:4; 1 Timothy 6:11; 2 Timothy 2:25; Colossians 3:12; Ephesians 4:2; Galatians 5:23; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 29:19; I
The meek [ο ι π ρ α ε ι ς]. Another word which, though never used in a bad sense, Christianity has lifted to a higher plane, and made the symbol of a higher good. Its primary meaning is mild, gentle....
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...
Happy are the meek — They that hold all their passions and affections evenly balanced. They shall inherit the earth — They shall have all things really necessary for life and godliness. They shall enj...
Observe here, 1. The grace and duty recommended, MEEKNESS. 2. The wages and reward belonging to that grace and duty, THE INHERITANCE OF THE EARTH. Meekness either respects God, or our neighbour. As...