Matthew 5:3 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 5:3-12

Christ begins his sermon with blessings, for he came into the world to bless us (Acts 3:26), as the great High Priest of our profession; as the blessed Melchizedec; as He in whom all the families of the earth should be blessed, Gen. 12:3. He came not only to purchase blessings for us, but to pour out and pronounce blessings on us; and here he does it as one having authority, as one that can command the blessing, even life for evermore, and that is the blessing here again and again promised to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 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 struck, that the call to action has come, and that Jesus must go forth on his crusade. In his story of the Temptations he shows us Jesus deliberately choosing the method he will use to carry out his task, and deliberately rejecting methods which he knew to be against the will of God. If a man sets his hand to a great task, he needs his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit ,.... Not the poor in purse, or who are so with respect to things temporal: for though God has chosen and called many, who are in such a condition of life, yet not all; the kingdom of heaven cannot be said to belong to them all, or only; but such as are poor in a spiritual sense. All mankind are spiritually poor; they have nothing to eat that is fit and proper; nor any clothes to wear, but rags; nor are they able to purchase either; they have no money to buy... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:3

Verse 3 3.Happy are the poor in spirit. Luke 6:20.Happy (are ye) poor. Luke gives nothing more than a simple metaphor: but as the poverty of many is accursed and unhappy, Matthew expresses more clearly the intention of Christ. Many are pressed down by distresses, and yet continue to swell inwardly with pride and cruelty. But Christ pronounces those to be happy who, chastened and subdued by afflictions, submit themselves wholly to God, and, with inward humility, betake themselves to him for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:1-16

The sermon on the mount. The first part of the sermon: the law of the kingdom of heaven. I. THE BEATITUDES . 1 . The first Beatitude. 2 . The second Beatitude. (a) It seems a paradox. Sorrow and joy are opposed to one another; but the Lord says that there is a sorrow which is blessed. Life is full of sorrows. There is more sorrow in the world than joy, more pain than pleasure. Outward sorrows are blessed if they are meekly borne, in patience and in trustful faith. When... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3

Blessed ( μακάριοι ); Vulgate, beati ; hence "Beatitudes." The word describes "the poor in spirit," etc., not as recipients of blessing ( εὐλογημένοι ) from God, or even from men, but as possessors of "happiness" (cf. the Authorized Version of John 13:17 , and frequently). It describes them in reference to their inherent state, not to the gifts or the rewards that they receive. It thus answers in thought to the common ירשׁ ) of the Old Testament; e.g. 1 Kings 10:8 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3

The blessedness that Christ pronounces. Amid many ways in which the grand inheritance which Jesus designated by the word "blessedness" may be regarded, and its worth exhibited and its charm enhanced to our mental gaze, all too sluggish, we may now take the following course. This blessedness which Christ pronounces must be the more worthy of regard, in that— I. IT IS NOT FLAUNTED IN PROMINENCE AND IN BRIGHTEST , LOUDEST COLOUR ON HIS FLAG . II. IT FINDS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3

Poverty in spirit; and the clue to its blessedness. It is to be remarked that every pronouncement of blessedness that here passes the lip of Jesus is accompanied by a "reason of the hope that is" in it. We shall, therefore, in each case notice I. THIS DESCRIPTIVE TITLE OF CERTAIN CHARACTERS — THOSE WHO ARE " POOR IN SPIRIT "— WHO ARE THEY ? Do we not long for Christ's own determination of his own descriptions in these cases? Probably with singular unity and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3-5

The secret of happiness. Jesus begins his first great sermon with the word "blessed." His whole mission is a benediction. It is his object to encourage and cheer, not to repress and humiliate. 1 . But he knows the secret of happiness too well to attempt to shed joy in any other way than through those channels by which, in the very constitution of things, God has appointed it to flow. There is a necessary connection between each Beatitude and the character blessed. The reward is not an... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 5:3-12

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 5:1-48

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:3

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:1-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 5:3-5

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