John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 5:9
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Ver. 9. Blessed are the peacemakers ] There are those who, like salamanders, live always in the fire, and, like trouts, love to swim against the stream; that, with Phocion, think it a goodly thing to dissent from others; and, like Samson’s foxes, or Solomon’s fool, carry about and cast abroad firebrands, as if the world were made of nothing but discords, as Democritus imagined. But as St. John speaks in another... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 5:9
Matthew 5:9The peacemakers. PeacemakersI. How great a blessing is peace.1. It is the preserver of life.2. It is the preserver of prosperity.3. It is the preserver of happiness.4. They are not easily offended.5. If offended they are not irreconcilable.6. They exert themselves to reconcile contending parties.7. Their great effort is to reconcile sinners to God.`II. The reward which awaits them.1. They are the children of God by regeneration.2. By adoption.3. By their relationship to our Lord... read more