matthew-5:8

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:3-9

Analysis (5:3-9). a “Blessed ones, the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingly Rule of Heaven” (Matthew 5:3). b “Blessed ones, those who mourn, for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). c “Blessed ones, the lowly, for they will inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5). d “Blessed ones, those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they will be filled” (Matthew 5:6). c “Blessed ones, the merciful, for they will obtain mercy” (Matthew 5:7). b “Blessed ones, the pure in heart, for... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:8

‘Blessed ones, the pure in heart, for they will see God.’ Those whom God has blessed will also be pure in heart. Central to the thought here is Psalms 24:0. The ones who would ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place must have ‘clean hands and a pure heart’ (Psalms 24:4). Then they will not ascend in vain. And this involves among other things not having one’s thoughts fixed on vain and useless things, nor on dishonesty and deceit (Psalms 24:5). The pure of heart have their hearts... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:3-12

Matthew 5:3-2 Kings : . The Beatitudes ( cf. Luke 6:20-Isaiah :).— These nine sayings (eight if we reckon Matthew 5:10-2 Kings : as one, or regard Matthew 5:11 f. as having originally stood elsewhere; seven if we omit Matthew 5:5) have analogies in OT ( e.g. Psalms 1:1; Psalms 32:1; Psalms 89:15; Proverbs 8:32; Isaiah 32:20) and in other parts of the Gospel and NT ( e.g. Matthew 13:16, Luke 12:37, James 1:12, Revelation 14:13). Blessed connotes happy and successful prosperity. the poor... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 5:8

The men of the world bless those who appear pure and holy to men, and put on a vizard and mask of purity, though they be but painted sepulchres, and their hearts be as cages of all unclean birds: but those alone are blessed, who, being washed from their filthiness by my blood, are of a sincere and upright heart; though they be not legally pure and free from all sin, yet are so pure as that God will accept them, the bent of their hearts being after holiness; who have not a heart and a heart, no... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 5:1-16

CRITICAL NOTESGENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNTThe aim and contents of the “Sermon.”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and power; it stands alone as the grand charter of the commonwealth of heaven; or, to keep the simple title the Evangelist himself suggests (Matthew 4:23), it is “the gospel (or good news) of the kingdom.” To understand it aright we must keep this in mind, avoiding the easy method of treating it as a mere series... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:1-10

Matthew 5:1-10 I. The Beatitudes open that discourse which, whatever may be the difficulties of particular parts of it, has always been recognized as the most important part of the New Testament. It is, as it has been well called, the magna charta of Christianity. II. The Beatitudes put before us what are those qualities and what are those results which alone the Founder of our religion regarded as of supreme excellence. Often in revivals and in confessions on our death-beds people ask us,... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:3-12

Matthew 5:3-12 Introductory Beatitudes. I. The first Beatitude pronounces a blessing on those who are Poor in Spirit. Let the limitation, the "in spirit," be carefully borne in mind. Poverty itself is not a blessing, nor does it always inherit a blessing. II. The Lord blesses those that Mourn. Again, let me say that sorrow, no more than poverty, is a blessed thing in itself. God made laughter as well as tears, and grief is no more Divine than gladness. The grief, like the poverty, must be of a... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:7-8

Matthew 5:7-8 I. "Blessed are the merciful." The object of the Beatitudes is to bring out one particular quality, without commending the other qualities which may exist in the same character. We see many men of very imperfect morality, and yet in whom this quality of mercy is such that we feel that, if it were universal among mankind, the whole world would be the happier for it, and that in those in whom it is found it is a redeeming virtue in the proper sense of the word a virtue which redeems... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:8

Matthew 5:8 (with Titus 1:15 ) The two texts are two motives. With one voice they enforce purity, but each by its own argument and with its own persuasion. The one looks rather at the future, the other at the present; the one tells us how purity shall enable us to move healthily and wholesomely among our fellows, the other how it shall fit and qualify us for that beatific vision which is, being interpreted, the inheritance of the saints in light. I. St. Paul is addressing a loved convert,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 5:8

DISCOURSE: 1292PURITY OF HEARTMatthew 5:8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.THERE is nothing in which mankind more generally imagine happiness to consist than in the uncontrolled indulgence of their passions. It is probable that among those who looked for the establishment of the Messiah’s kingdom, many pleased themselves with the idea, that his victories would open to them a way for multiplying captives to any extent, and consequently for the unlimited gratification of... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:3-9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:8

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 5:3-12

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 5:8

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 5:1-16

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:1-10

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:3-12

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:7-8

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 5:8

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Matthew 5:8

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