Luke 6:20-26 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 6:20-26

Here begins a practical discourse of Christ, which is continued to the end of the chapter, most of which is found in the sermon upon the mount, Matt. 5:1-7:29. Some think that this was preached at some other time and place, and there are other instances of Christ's preaching the same things, or to the same purport, at different times; but it is probable that this is only the evangelist's abridgment of that sermon, and perhaps that in Matthew too is but an abridgment; the beginning and the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 6:20-26

6:20-26 Jesus lifted up his eyes upon his disciples and said, "Happy are you poor, because yours is the Kingdom of God. Happy are you who are hungry now because you will be filled. Happy are you who weep now because you will laugh. Happy are you when men will hate you and shut you off from their company and insult you and cast out your name as an evil name, for the sake of the Son of Man; for--look you--your reward in heaven will be great. Their fathers used to treat the prophets in the same... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:20

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples ,.... Either the whole company of them, or rather the twelve apostles, whom he saw coming to him, and fixing his eyes on them, he sat, and said ; what follows, with many other things recorded by Matthew: blessed be ye poor ; not only in the things of this world, having left all for Christ, but poor in Spirit, as in Matthew 5:3 ; see Gill on Matthew 5:3 , for yours is the kingdom of God ; or heaven, so in Matthew 5:3 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:21

Blessed are ye that hunger now ,.... Not only suffer hunger and thirst in a literal sense, in this present life, but who have hunger and thirst in a spiritual sense, after righteousness and eternal life, as in Matthew 5:6 where it is also said as here: for ye shall be filled : with righteousness and life; See Gill on Matthew 5:6 . blessed are ye that weep now ; under afflictions and pressures of life, and mourn for sin, their own, and others: for ye shall laugh ; be filled... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:22

Blessed are ye when men shall hate you ,.... For the sake of Christ, and his Gospel: and when they shall separate you from their company ; either from civil conversation with them, as if they were Gentiles and uncircumcised persons; or from their religious assemblies, and so may have respect to that sort of excommunication in use, among the Jews, called נדוי or "separation": by which persons were not only excluded from the congregation, but from all civil society and commerce: such a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:23

Rejoice ye in that day ,.... When they should be hated, discarded, reproached, and anathematized: and leap for joy; as if the greatest honour and happiness imaginable had been conferred on them; and as persons do, when in the greatest rapture: for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets ; See Gill on Matthew 5:12 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:24

But woe unto you that are rich ,.... Not in worldly riches and substance, for some of these have been, and are happy persons in a spiritual sense; and at most, it can only mean such, who trust in their riches, and place their, happiness in them; but it chiefly regards such, as are rich in their own opinion, and stand in need of nothing; who place their confidence in their own righteousness, and do not apply to Christ, in whom alone are durable riches and righteousness: for ye have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:25

Woe unto you that are full ,.... Not so much with the plenty and affluence of the things of this life, as of themselves, and their own righteousness, and so with conceit, vanity, and pride, and have no appetite for spiritual things, nor do they hunger and thirst after Christ, and the grace that is in him: for ye shall hunger ; not that they shall truly and spiritually desire an interest in Christ, and his righteousness, or heaven and eternal life hereafter; but they shall be in starving... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:26

Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you !.... The word "all", is left out in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic; Persic: and Ethiopic versions, and is wanting in many copies, though it is in the Alexandrian copy; and the meaning is, it looks ill in persons, when the men of the world, wicked men, all of them, or the greater part of them, applaud and commend them; for this can never be, if they are truly religious persons, and are faithful to their principles, and upright in their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:20

Blessed be ye poor - See the sermon on the mount paraphrased and explained, Matthew 5 (note), Matthew 6 (note), Matthew 7 (note), read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 6:20-26

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 6:20-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:20

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