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Verse Matthew 5:10. _THEY WHICH ARE PERSECUTED_]
δεδιωγμενοι, they who are hard pressed upon and pursued
with repeated acts of enmity. _Parkhurst_. _They are happy who
suffer_, seems a strange saying...
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BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE PERSECUTED - To persecute means literally
to pursue; follow after, as one does a flying enemy. Here it means to
vex, or oppress one, on account of his religion. They persecu...
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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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III. THE JOY OF PERSECUTION.
10. BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE.
The Jews expected the Messiah to be. great conqueror, his kingdom to
be. conquering kingdom, and its ci...
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"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when men revile you
and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you false...
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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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A RE PERSECUTED. have been persecuted. Compare Psalms 37:39; Psalms
37:40.
FOR. on account of.
FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS'SAKE. Not otherwise....
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_for righteousness" sake.… for my sake_ Observe these limitations.
The _cause_in which a man suffers is everything. Many Galilæan
zealots who had been persecuted, reviled, traduced, when they rose
aga...
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ΟἹ ΔΕΔΙΩΓΜΈΝΟΙ. ‘Those who have been persecuted,’
not as in A.V. ‘they which are persecuted’. The tense brings the
past action into close relation with the present, and implies either
(1) generally Bl...
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VER 10. "BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS'
SAKE: FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN."
Chrys.: "Blessed are they who suffer persecution for righteousness'
sake," that is for vi...
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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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ΔΕΔΙΩΓΜΈΝΟΙ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΔΙΏΚΩ (G1377)
стремиться, преследовать,
ΈΝΕΚΕΝ (G1752) с _gen._ из-за, по причине.
Правда, которая выступает здесь
причиной гонений, — это "праведное
поведение" (RM...
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DISCOURSE: 1294
PERSECUTION FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS’ SAKE
Matthew 5:10. Blessed are they which are persecuted for
righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed
are ye, when men shall rev...
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BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE PERSECUTED, &C.— One might imagine that a
person of the amiable temper and behaviour described in the
last-mentioned beatitude would be the darling of mankind; but our Lord...
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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 are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
BLESSED ARE THEY WHICH ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE ... How
entirely this final beatitu...
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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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PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE. — Here again there is a profound
significance in the order. The work of the peacemakers is not a light
and easy work. Often, as of old, when we “labour for peace,” m...
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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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Matthew 5:10-12 being regarded as a transition to a new topic. his
seems arbitrary. Delitsch, anxious to establish an analogy with the
Decalogue, makes out ten seven from Matthew 5:3 to Matthew 5:9;...
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THE NEW SALT AND LIGHT OF HUMAN SOCIETY
Matthew 5:10-16
We must expect to be persecuted, if we hold up the pure light of a
consistent life amid the evils of the world. Men hate the light which
expose...
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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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Heretics and malefactors suffer occasionally, but they are not on this
account blessed, because they suffer not for justice. For, says St.
Augustine they cannot suffer for justice, who have divided th...
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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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10._Happy are they who suffer persecution _The disciples of Christ
have very great need of this instruction; and the more hard and
disagreeable it is for the flesh to admit it, the more earnestly ough...
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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 ARE PERSECUTED,.... Not for any crimes they
have done, for unrighteousness and iniquity, as murderers, thieves,
and evildoers, but
FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE: on account of their r...
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Blessed _are_ they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Ver. 10. _Blessed are they that are persecuted_] To be persecuted (as
simply considered) is no bl...
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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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_For righteousness' sake_ Or for the sake of Christ and a good
conscience; that Isaiah, 1 st, for their steady belief and profession
of, and adherence to any article of Christian faith; 2d, for their...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE; on account of their being and doing right. Great
opposition to men is no certain evidence that they are wrong....
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It is inevitable that the reproach of Christ will strike the disciples
in their endeavor to follow these rules, and so Jesus adds: BLESSED
ARE THEY WHICH ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE; FOR TH...
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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 men of the world judge those men very unhappy and miserable whom
their rulers make the objects of their wrath and malice, and pursue
violently to the loss of their estates, liberties, or lives, ne...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV
Our holy Saviour applied poverty and riches, and the like, both to
spiritual things and objects of sense. For when He said, "Blessed are
they that are persecute...
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Matthew 5:10 Blessed G3107 persecuted G1377 (G5772) for G1752 sake
G1343 For G3754 theirs G846 is G2076 ...
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THE PERSECUTION OF THE GODLY, AND THE BLESSEDNESS THAT IS SEEN TO BE
THEIRS AS A RESULT. THEY WILL THEREFORE BE LIKE THE PROPHETS OF OLD
WHO WERE ALSO PERSECUTED, AND WILL BE THE SALT OF THE EARTH AND...
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THE PERSECUTION OF THE GODLY, AND THE BLESSEDNESS THAT IS SEEN TO BE
THEIRS AS A RESULT. THEY WILL THEREFORE BE LIKE THE PROPHETS OF OLD
WHO WERE ALSO PERSECUTED (5:10-12).
Analysis of Matthew 5:10....
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“Blessed ones, those who have been persecuted for righteousness'
sake,
For theirs is the Kingly Rule of Heaven.”
Here those who are blessed by God ‘have been persecuted for
righteousness' sake'. This...
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Matthew 5:10. FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE. ‘ Righteousness ' includes
all the preceding graces; but the peacemakers are especially
persecuted; the effort to spread the gospel of peace provokes the
hostili...
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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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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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THAT HAVE BEEN PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE
(ο δεδιωγμενο ενεκεν δικαιοσυνης). Posing
as persecuted is a favourite stunt. The kingdom of heaven belongs only
to those who suffer for the sake o...
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KINGDOM
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2). _...
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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 5:1. _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 ARE THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED. Because they do what God requires.
The Jews expected to rule the world. (see Acts 1:6).Christ blesses
those who suffer [_for him_], and promises them the Kingdom. T...
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_Persecuted for righteousness._
PERSECUTION
I. In what religious persecution consists.
1. Negative persecution which falls short of violence.
2. Domestic persecution.
3. Private persecution.
4....
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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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1 Corinthians 4:9; 1 John 3:12; 1 Peter 3:13; 1 Peter 3:14; 1 P
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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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For righteousness' sake — That is, because they have, or follow
after, the righteousness here described. He that is truly a righteous
man, he that mourns, and he that is pure in heart, yea, all that w...
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Note here, 1. That all the disciples and followers of Christ, live
they ever so holily and inoffensively in the world, yet must they
expect suffering and persecution.
2. That the keenest and sharpest...