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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And seeing the multitudes,.... The great concourse of people that followed him from the places before mentioned, he went up into a mountain; either to pray alone, which was sometimes his custom to do, or to shun the multitude; or rather, because it was a commodious place for teaching the people: and when he was set: not for rest, but in order to...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This chapter, and the two that follow it, are a sermon; a famous sermon; the sermon upon the mount. It is the longest and fullest continued discourse of our Saviour that we have upon record in all the gospels. It is a practical discourse; there is not much of the credenda of Christianity in it—the things to be believed, but it is wholly taken up...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: For convenience, and quietude, and to be out of the way of traffic, he went up into a mountain. Elevated doctrines would seem most at home on the high places of the earth. Mat_5:1. And when he was set, For that was the mode of Eastern teaching, Mat_5:1. His disciples came unto him: They made...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: You notice that the Preacher sat down, and that his disciples stood around him. If you find it somewhat warm and trying tonight, remember that you have the best of it, for you sit while the speaker stands. Concerning our Lord, we read: “When he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,- Our Saviour soon gathered a congregation. The multitudes perceived in him a love to them, and a willingness to impart blessing to them, and therefore they gathered about him. He chose the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he opened his mouth,.... He spoke with a clear and strong voice, that all the people might hear him; and with great freedom, utterance, and cheerfulness, and things of the greatest moment and importance; and taught them; not his disciples only, but the whole multitude, who heard him with astonishment; see Matthew 7:28. Some things in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, — Chrysostom says that he taught them even when he did not open his mouth; his very silence was instructive. But when he did open his mouth, what streams of wisdom flowed forth! He “taught them.” He did not open his mouth to make an oration, He was a Teacher, so his aim was to teach those who came to him;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, Blessed — The Old Testament closes with the word “curse.” The New Testament begins here, in the preaching of Christ, with the word “Blessed.” He has changed the curse into a blessing: “Blessed”-
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, — Perhaps someone says, “He could not have taught them without opening his mouth” I have found that a great many try to teach without opening their mouths; but the earnest preacher speaks with all his might. So did Jesus in the open air on the mountain side: “He opened his mouth, and taught them.”...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Blessed are the poor in spirit,.... Not the poor in purse, or who are so with respect to things temporal: for though God has chosen and called many, who are in such a condition of life, yet not all; the kingdom of heaven cannot be said to belong to them all, or only; but such as are poor in a spiritual sense. All mankind are spiritually poor; they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven. This is a paradox that puzzles many, for the poor in spirit often seem to have nothing; yet they have the kingdom of heaven, so they have everything, he who thinks the least of himself is the man of whom God thinks the most. You are not poor in God’s sight if you are poor in spirit.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed.” See how Jesus begins his Sermon on the Mount, he begins with benedictions. He is a cloud that is full of rain, and that empties itself upon the earth. The moment you begin to know Christ, you begin to have blessings; and the more you know of him, the more blessed you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. This is a gracious beginning to our Saviour’s discourse, “Blessed are the poor.” None ever considered the poor as Jesus did, but here he is speaking of a poverty of spirit, a lowliness of heart, an absence of self-esteem. Where that kind of spirit is found, it is sweet poverty:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Blessed are they that mourn,.... For sin, for their own sins; the sin of their nature, indwelling sin, which is always working in them, and is a continual grief of mind to them; the unbelief of their hearts, notwithstanding the many instances, declarations, promises, and discoveries of grace made unto them; their daily infirmities, and many sins...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. They are not only poor in spirit, but they are weeping, lamenting, mourning. Worldlings are frivolous, frolicsome, light-hearted, and loving everything that is akin to mirth; yet it is not said of them, but of those that mourn, that “they shall be comforted.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Let them be comforted now in the prospect of future comfort. There are no mourning hearts that mourn over sin, and mourn after God, that shall be deserted by their God: “they shall be comforted.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. There is a blessing which often goes with mourning itself; but when the sorrow is of a spiritual sort,-mourning for sin,-then is it blest indeed. “Lord, let me weep for nought but sin, And after none but thee; And then I would-oh, that I might- A constant mourner be!”
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Blessed are the meek,.... Who are not easily provoked to anger; who patiently bear, and put up with injuries and affronts; carry themselves courteously, and affably to all; have the meanest thoughts of themselves, and the best of others; do not envy the gifts and graces of other men; are willing to be instructed and admonished, by the meanest of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the meek: Not your high-spirited, quick-tempered men, who will put up with no insult, your hectoring, lofty ones, who are ever ready to resent any real or imagined disrespect, there is no blessing here for them; but blessed are the gentle, those who are ready to be thought nothing of, — Mat_5:5. For they shall inherit the earth. Some...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. They do in the truest sense enjoy even this life; their contented spirit makes them monarchs. The great man, with all his wealth, is often uneasy with a craving ambition for more; but the quiet spirits of God’s people find a kingdom everywhere. The mountains and the valleys belong really to...