Blessed are ye that hunger now,.... Not only suffer hunger and thirst in a literal sense, in this present life, but who have hunger and thirst in a spiritual sense, after righteousness and eternal life, as in Matthew 5:6 where it is also said as here:
for ye shall be filled: with righteousness and life;
[See comments on Matthew 5:6].
blessed are ye that weep now; under afflictions and pressures of life, and mourn for sin, their own, and others:
for ye shall laugh; be filled with spiritual joy and pleasure, and be comforted with the consolations of the Spirit;
[See comments on Matthew 5:4].
Blessed are ye that hunger now,.... Not only suffer hunger and thirst in a literal sense, in this present life, but who have hunger and thirst in a spiritual sense, after righteousness and eternal life, as in Matthew 5:6 where it is also said as here:
for ye shall be filled: with righteousness and life;
[See comments on Matthew 5:6].
blessed are ye that weep now; under afflictions and pressures of life, and mourn for sin, their own, and others:
for ye shall laugh; be filled with spiritual joy and pleasure, and be comforted with the consolations of the Spirit;
[See comments on Matthew 5:4].