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Matthew 5:8 KJV
Matthew · chapter 5 · verse 8
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.Matthew 5:8 · King James Version
What Matthew 5:8 means
One of the beatitudes, and the reward is matched to the condition. Pure here carries the sense of unmixed rather than merely clean — a heart with one aim in it. What is promised is not reward in general but sight, which is what an unmixed heart was after.
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Matthew 5:8 in context
6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
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.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 24:4
- Psalms 51:10
- Hebrews 10:22
- Hebrews 12:14
- Ezekiel 36:25-27
- Proverbs 22:11
- James 4:8
- 1 Peter 1:22
Key words (Strong's)
- Blessedmakariosblessed, happyG3107 →
- heartkardiathe heart, that organ in the animal body which is the centre of the circulation of the…G2588 →
- purekatharosclean, pure, physically, purified by fire, in a similitude, like a vine cleansed by…G2513 →
- seeoptanomaito look at, behold, to allow one's self to be seen, to appearG3700 →
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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