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Matthew 5:4 KJV
Matthew · chapter 5 · verse 4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Matthew 5:4 · King James Version
What Matthew 5:4 means
Jesus calls mourners blessed, which is not how anybody would describe them at the time. The blessing isn't in the mourning. It's in the comfort that's promised to follow, and only somebody mourning is in a position to be comforted.
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Matthew 5:4 in context
2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
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Cross references
- Revelation 21:4
- 2 Corinthians 7:9-10
- Isaiah 61:2-3
- John 16:20-22
- Psalms 126:5-6
- Isaiah 57:18
- Luke 6:21
- Revelation 7:14-17
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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