Matthew 5:10 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 5:10

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

KJV

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 10.) Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Notice that it explicitly adds (or, says), for righteousness' sake. For many endure persecution for their own sins and are not righteous. Also, consider that the blessedness of true circumcision is ultimately achieved through martyrdom.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

No rhapsody, no incoherency, whether the things spoken be true or false, comes of the Spirit of Christ. For righteousness' sake - That is, because they have, or follow after, the righteousness here described. He that is truly a righteous man, he that mourns, and he that is pure in heart, yea, all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution, 2 Tim. iii, 12.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This has been the effect of the enmity of the serpent's seed against the holy seed, ever since the time of righteous Abel. It was so in Old-Testament times, as we find, Heb. xi. Christ has told us that it would much more be so with the Christian church, and we are not to think it strange, 1 John iii.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They which are persecuted - Δεδιωγμενοι, they who are hard pressed upon and pursued with repeated acts of enmity. Parkhurst. They are happy who suffer, seems a strange saying: and that the righteous should suffer, merely because they are such, seems as strange. But such is the enmity of the human heart to every thing of God and goodness, that all those who live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution in one form or other. As the religion of Christ gives no quarter to vice, so the vicious will give no quarter to this religion, or to its professors.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Μακάριοι	Makarioi	Blessed [are]	G3107 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
δεδιωγμένοι	dediōgmenoi	persecuted	G1377 →
ἕνεκεν	heneken	on account of	G1752 →
δικαιοσύνης,	dikaiosunēs	righteousness,	G1343 →
ὅτι	hoti	for	G3754 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	theirs	G846 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
βασιλεία	basileia	kingdom	G932 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
οὐρανῶν.¶	ouranōn	heavens.	G3772 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
leads to
- 1 Peter 5:10
  And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 1:6–8
  In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
Through
Matthew 5:3
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
leads to
- Isaiah 66:2
  Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles…
- Proverbs 29:23
  A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Psalms 34:18
  The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
- Proverbs 16:19
  It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
- Luke 18:14
  I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Through
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
leads to
- Romans 8:18
  I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.