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James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 6:21

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.Hunger is a dreaded state among men; but Christ here pointed out that the hungry of earth are to be enriched by his teachings, that the alleviation of their hunger shall follow acceptance of his message. Has not this been true wherever Christianity has gone? The best good news the hungry ever had is that they shall eat. Christ's teaching assures this. A queen said, "Let them eat cake"; but... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 6:22

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.This is a variation of the same thought of Matthew 5:10-12. "Blessed are the persecuted for righteousness' sake." In such a pronouncement, Jesus had in view the antagonism between light and darkness, the inevitable hatred of the carnal man of all that is holy and spiritual.For the Son of man's sake ... This is the qualifier of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 6:23

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for behold your reward is great in heaven: for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.See under preceding verse.Your reward is great in heaven ... It has been alleged that Luke's emphasis in this passage is principally social; but this verse disproves such a view. The reason that the poor and the hungry are blessed, in the last analysis, flows out of the eternal reward stored up for them that love the Lord (2 Timothy 4:7,8). If one should... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 6:24

But woe unto you that are rich! for ye received your consolation. Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.Regarding the four "woes" Jesus uttered here, Boles said:These words were not the expression of anger, but of lamentation and warning. "Woe unto you," or "alas for you!" Jesus is not uttering... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 6:24

Luke 6:24. Woe unto you that are rich!— We may observe another circumstance in this discourse, in which also it differs from that in St. Matthew, namely, that our Lord not only pronounced blessings, but likewise maledictions, in it. As poverty, which is neither good nor bad in itself, cannot be acceptable to God, unless it is accompanied with the graces and virtues which are suitable to an afflicted state; so riches do not make us the objects of God's hatred, unless they be accompanied with... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 6:25

Luke 6:25. Woe unto you that laugh now!— Our Lord's malediction is not inconsistent with the apostle's precepts which command Christians always to rejoice; neither is the mirth, against which the woe is here denounced, to be understood of that constant cheerfulness of temper, which arises to the true Christian from the comfortable and cheerful experience of the power and truth of those doctrines with which he is enlightened by the Gospel,—the assurance he has of reconciliation with God, the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 6:21

21. laugh—How charming is the liveliness of this word, to express what in Matthew is called being "comforted!" read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 6:22

22. separate you—whether from their Church, by excommunication, or from their society; both hard to flesh and blood. for the Son of man's sake—Compare Matthew 5:11, "for MY SAKE"; and immediately before, "for righteousness' sake" (Luke 6:10). Christ thus binds up the cause of righteousness in the world with the reception of Himself. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 6:24

24, 25. rich . . . full . . . laugh—who have all their good things and joyous feelings here and now, in perishable objects. received your consolation—(see on Luke 6:1). shall hunger—their inward craving strong as ever, but the materials of satisfaction forever gone. read more

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