Matthew 5:7
What meaning of the matthew 5:7 in the Bible?
What does Matthew 5:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."
What does Matthew 5:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."
Verse Matthew 5:7. _THE MERCIFUL_] The word _mercy_, among the Jews, signified two things: the _pardon of injuries_, and _almsgiving_. Our Lord undoubtedly takes it in its fullest latitude here. To kn...
BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL - That is, those who are so affected by the sufferings of others as to be disposed to alleviate them. This is given as an evidence of piety, and it is said that they who show...
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 MERCIFUL. That multitude with their martial ideas of the kingdom thought that the military virtues were those that would bring blessedness, but Christ pronounces his blessings on the...
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...
MERCIFUL. compassionate. Compare Psalms 41:1. MERCY. Not merely now, but in the manifestation of the kingdom, James 2:13 (compare Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 8:12; Hebrews 10:28)....
_they shall obtain mercy_ This principle in the divine Government that men shall be dealt with as they deal with their fellow-men is taught in the parable of the Unmerciful Servant, ch. 18, and underl...
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 7. "BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL: FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY." Gloss.: Justice and mercy are so united, that the one ought to be mingled with the other; justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy witho...
_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...
ΈΛΕΉΜΩΝ (G1655) милосердный, сострадающий, ΈΛΕΗΘΉΣΟΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΈΛΕΈΩ (G1653) иметь сострадание или жалость, быть милостивым, проявлять милосердие; _pass._ встретить милосердие, получить...
DISCOURSE: 1291 THE REWARD OF MERCIFULNESS Matthew 5:7. _Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy_. THERE can be no doubt but that every Minister should set forth the peculiar doctrines...
BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL— Those who feel for the sorrows of others as their own, and with tender sympathy hasten to relieve them. Dr. Heylin remarks excellently upon this beatitude, nearly in the foll...
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 merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL, [ eleeemones (G1655 ) = chªciydiym (H2623 )]: FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY. Beautiful is the connection between thi...
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...
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 MERCIFUL. — The thought is the same as that afterwards embodied in the Lord’s Prayer. They who are pitiful towards men their brethren are _ipso facto_ the objects of the divine pity. The negative...
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 only the giving of alms, but the practice of all works of mercy, both corporal and spiritual, are recommended here, and the reward will be given on that day when God will repay every one according...
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...
_MERCIFULNESS IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE_ ‘Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.’ Matthew 5:7 The mercifulness of the text is a principle and a grace. It comes from the happy sense...
7._Happy are the merciful _This paradox, too, contradicts the judgment of men. (367) The world reckons those men to be _happy, _who give themselves no concern about the distresses of others, but consu...
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 MERCIFUL,.... Who show mercy to the bodies of men, to those that are poor, indigent, and miserable, in their outward circumstances; by both sympathizing with them, and distributing unt...
Blessed _are_ the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Ver. 7. _Blessed are the merciful, _ ελεημονες] They that from a compassionate heart (melting with sense of God's everlasting mercy to itself,...
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 merciful_ The tender-hearted, compassionate, kind, and beneficent, who, being inwardly affected with the infirmities, necessities, and miseries of their fellow-creature...
THE MERCIFUL; those who feel for the sufferings of others, and are disposed to relieve them. MERCY; from God. Compare Chap Matthew 25:34-45. God requires us to exercise the compassion towards others...
One of the chief proofs of the Christian's piety is mercy: BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL, FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY. A heart filled with deep sympathy and sincere compassion for the temporal and spiritu...
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,...
The men of the world bless themselves if they can take care of themselves, let others do what they will, and as well as they can: but I tell you, that those alone are the blessed men, who are touched...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV And He[52] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the same place: "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."[3...
Matthew 5:7 Blessed G3107 merciful G1655 For G3754 they G846 mercy G1653 (G5701) are - Matthew 6:14-15, Matthew 18:33-35; 2 Samuel 22:26; Job 31:16-22; Psalms 18:25,...
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...
OBTAIN MERCY (ελεηθησοντα) "Sal win pitie theirsels" (_Braid Scots_). "A self-acting law of the moral world" (Bruce)....
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 THOSE WHO ARE MERCIFUL. Those who are merciful tend to receive mercy in this life. God will do to you what you do to others. _See_ Matthew 7:1-2....
_The merciful._ CHRISTIAN MERCY I. What is Christian mercy? 1. Its nature. 2. Its objects. 3. Its author. 4. Its design. II. How is it exemplified? 1. In the forgiveness of enemies. 2. In var...
THE MERCIFUL Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7. If you went to the city of Florence in Italy, you would see there the beautiful marble Cathedral which stands in a gr...
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 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Timothy 1:13; 1 Timothy 1:16; 2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Samuel 22:26; 2 Timothy 1:16; Colossians 3:12; Daniel 4:27;...
The merciful. See on Luke 1:50....
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...
The merciful — The tender — hearted: they who love all men as themselves: They shall obtain mercy — Whatever mercy therefore we desire from God, the same let us show to our brethren. He will repay us...
Here our blessed Redeemer recommends to us. compassionate regard towards the miseries of others, and that both in soul and body, name and estate; to be forward to pity and pardon, to relieve and help,...