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Matthew 5:11-12 KJV
Matthew · chapter 5 · verses 11–12
11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.Matthew 5:11-12 · King James Version
Matthew 5:11-12 in context
9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
13Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Peter 4:14
- Luke 21:17
- Mark 13:13
- Matthew 24:9
- Luke 6:22
- 1 Peter 2:23
- John 15:21
- Isaiah 66:5
- Luke 6:23
- James 1:2
- Colossians 3:24
- 1 Peter 4:13
Key words (Strong's)
- persecutediōkōto make to run or flee, put to flight, drive away, to run swiftly in order to catch a…G1377 →
- prophetsprophētēsin Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things, one who, moved by…G4396 →
- Blessedmakariosblessed, happyG3107 →
- againstkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- falselypseudomaito lie, to speak deliberate falsehoods, to deceive one by a lie, to lie toG5574 →
- Rejoicechairōto rejoice, be glad, to rejoice exceedingly, to be well, thrive, in salutations, hail!…G5463 →
- revileoneidizōto reproach, upbraid, revile, of deserved reproach, of undeserved reproach, to revile, to…G3679 →
- mannerpasindividually, each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything…G3956 →
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Christ begins his sermon with blessings, for he came into the world to bless us (Act 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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-12