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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart ,.... Not in the head; for men may have pure notions and impure hearts; not in the hand, or action, or in outward conversation only; so the Pharisees were outwardly righteous before men, but inwardly full of impurity; but "in heart". The heart of man is naturally unclean; nor is it in the power of man to make it clean, or to be pure from his sin; nor is any man in this life, in such sense, so pure in heart, as to be entirely free from sin. This is only true of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:9

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 peace maker: but between men and men; and such are they, who are of peaceable dispositions themselves; live peaceably with all men, and with one another, as their relation obliges to, and their mutual comfort requires; and with the men of the world; and who are ready, willing, and very... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:1

And seeing the multitudes - Τους οχλους , these multitudes, viz. those mentioned in the preceding verse, which should make the first verse of this chapter. He went up into a mountain - That he might have the greater advantage of speaking, so as to be heard by that great concourse of people which followed him. It is very probable that nothing more is meant here than a small hill or eminence. Had he been on a high mountain they could not have heard; and, had he been at a great distance,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit, etc. - Or, happy, μακαριοι from μα or μη , not, and κηρ , fate, or death: intimating, that such persons were endued with immortality, and consequently were not liable to the caprices of fate. Homer, Iliad i, 330, calls the supreme gods, Θεων μακαρων , the ever happy and Immortal gods, and opposes them to θνητων ανθρωπων , mortal men. τω δ ' αυτω μαρτυροι εστων Προς τε Θεων μακαρων, προς τε θνητων ανθροπων "Be ye witnesses before the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:4

Blessed are they that mourn - That is, those who, feeling their spiritual poverty, mourn after God, lamenting the iniquity that separated them from the fountain of blessedness. Every one flies from sorrow, and seeks after joy, and yet true joy must necessarily be the fruit of sorrow. The whole need not (do not feel the need of) the physician, but they that are sick do; i.e. they who are sensible of their disease. Only such persons as are deeply convinced of the sinfulness of sin, feel the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek - Happy, οι πραεις , from ῥαος , easy, those who are of a quiet, gentle spirit, in opposition to the proud and supercilious Scribes and Pharisees and their disciples. We have a compound word in English, which once fully expressed the meaning of the original, viz. gentleman; but it has now almost wholly lost its original signification. Our word meek comes from the old Anglo-saxon meca , or meccea , a companion or equal, because he who is of a meek or gentle... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 indestructible or unfailing in its nature but God; no being is independent but him: as the body depends for its nourishment, health, and strength upon the earth, so does the soul upon heaven. Heavenly things cannot support the body; they are not suited to its nature: earthly things cannot support the soul, for the same... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 know the nature of mercy, we have only to consult the grammatical meaning of the Latin word misericordia , from which ours is derived. It is composed of two words: miserans , pitying, and cor , the heart; or miseria cordis , pain of heart. Mercy supposes two things: A distressed object: and, A disposition of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:8

Pure in heart - In opposition to the Pharisees, who affected outward purity, while their hearts were full of corruption and defilement. A principal part of the Jewish religion consisted in outward washings and cleansings: on this ground they expected to see God, to enjoy eternal glory: but Christ here shows that a purification of the heart, from all vile affections and desires, is essentially requisite in order to enter into the kingdom of God. He whose soul is not delivered from all sin,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:9

The peace-makers - Ειρηνη , peace, is compounded of ειρειν ( εις ) ἑν , connecting into one: for as War distracts and divides nations, families, and individuals, from each other, inducing them to pursue different objects and different interests, so Peace restores them to a state of unity, giving them one object, and one interest. A peace-maker is a man who, being endowed with a generous public spirit, labors for the public good, and feels his own interest promoted in promoting that... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:9

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