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Matthew 5:2
2He began to teach them. This is what he said:
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Context of Matthew 5:2
1Jesus saw that crowds of people were following him. So he went up a hill and he sat down there to teach them. His disciples came near to listen to him. He began to teach them. This is what he said: 3‘Happy are the people who know that they need God very much. The kingdom of heaven belongs to people like that. 4Happy are the people who are sad now. God will come near to help them.
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Cross-references for Matthew 5:2
- Matthew 13:35So what God's prophet had said long ago now became true: ‘I will use stories when I speak to them. And I will teach them secret things. People have never learned these things before, since the world began.’
- Job 3:1Finally, Job decided to speak. He cursed the day when he was born.
- Psalms 78:1My people, listen to what I am teaching you. Listen to the words that I speak.
- Proverbs 8:6Listen! I have important things to tell you. Everything that I will speak is right.
- Proverbs 31:8Speak on behalf of people who cannot speak for themselves. Help helpless people to receive justice.
- Luke 6:20Jesus looked at his disciples. He spoke this message to them: ‘Happy are you people that are poor. The kingdom of God belongs to you.
- Acts 8:35Then Philip explained to the man the words that Isaiah had written. Then he went on to tell him the good news about Jesus.
- Acts 10:34Then Peter said to them, ‘Now I understand that God accepts all people in the same way. God has shown me that this is true.
- Acts 18:14Paul was ready to speak, but Gallio spoke first to the Jews. He said, ‘If this man had done a very bad thing, then I would judge him. It would be right for me to listen to you.
- Ephesians 6:19Please pray for me, too. Pray that God will give me the right message to speak. Pray that I will not be afraid to tell people about God's good news. Pray that I can explain God's secret to them.
Commentaries on Matthew 5:2
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2This is the first of five long teachings in Matthew (see also 9:35–11:1; 13:1–53; 18:1–19:2; 23:1–26:1). The Sermon on the Mount focuses on the Messiah's call for people to become righteousness. Paul considered righteousness to be God's saving actions and a person's status before God. Jesus uses the term to mean moral behavior that obeys God's will, like the apostle James. Righteousness means doing God's will as Jesus reveals it. This "revelation of…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And he opened his mouth--a solemn way of arousing the reader's attention, and preparing him for something weighty. (Job 9:1; Ac 8:35; 10:34). and taught them, saying--as follows.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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