Matthew 5:8 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

KJV

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

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Commentary

6 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

(in Luc. vi. 22.) The merciful loses the benefit of his mercy, unless he shows it from a pure heart; for if he seeks to have whereof to boast, he loses the fruit of his deeds; the next that follows therefore is, Blessed are the pure in heart.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Blessed are the pure in heart,.... Not in the head; for men may have pure notions and impure hearts; not in the hand, or action, or in outward conversation only; so the Pharisees were outwardly righteous before men, but inwardly full of impurity; but "in heart". The heart of man is naturally unclean; nor is it in the power of man to make it clean, or to be pure from his sin; nor is any man in this life, in such sense, so pure in heart, as to be entirely free from sin.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

As he cannot endure to look upon their iniquity, so they cannot endure to look upon his purity; nor shall any unclean thing enter into the new Jerusalem; but all that are pure in heart, all that are truly sanctified, have desires wrought in them, which nothing but the sight of God will sanctify; and divine grace will not leave those desires unsatisfied.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Pure in heart - In opposition to the Pharisees, who affected outward purity, while their hearts were full of corruption and defilement. A principal part of the Jewish religion consisted in outward washings and cleansings: on this ground they expected to see God, to enjoy eternal glory: but Christ here shows that a purification of the heart, from all vile affections and desires, is essentially requisite in order to enter into the kingdom of God. He whose soul is not delivered from all sin, through the blood of the covenant, can have no Scriptural hope of ever being with God.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Modern Voices1 voice

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906–1945

The Cost of Discipleship (1937)

Only those whose hearts are undefiled by their own evil - and by their own virtues too.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Μακάριοι	Makarioi	Blessed [are]	G3107 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
καθαροὶ	katharoi	pure	G2513 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
καρδίᾳ,	kardia	in heart,	G2588 →
ὅτι	hoti	for	G3754 →
αὐτοὶ	autoi	they themselves	G846 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸν	theon	God	G2316 →
ὄψονται.¶	opsontai	will see.	G3700 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
Psalms 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
leads to
- Ezekiel 11:19
  And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Ephesians 4:22–24
  to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Ezekiel 18:31
  Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
- Romans 12:2
  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…
Through
Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 7:1
  Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- 1 Peter 1:15–16
  But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
Through
Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
leads to
- Ezekiel 36:25
  I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.