New English Translation
Luke 6:22
22“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!
Luke 6:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
- New International Version (NIV)Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake.
Context of Luke 6:22
20Then he looked up at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you. 21“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. “Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man! 23Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets. 24“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.
Read all of Luke 6Luke 6:22 word by word
Μακάριοί ἐστε, ὅταν μισήσωσιν ὑμᾶς οἱ ἄνθρωποι καὶ ὅταν ἀφορίσωσιν ὑμᾶς καὶ ὀνειδίσωσιν καὶ ἐκβάλωσιν τὸ ὄνομα ὑμῶν ὡς πονηρὸν ἕνεκα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Blessedμακάριοςmakarios · blessedG3107
- are yeεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
- menὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
- shall hateμισέωmiseō · to hateG3404
- youσύsu · youG4771
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- they shall separateἀφορίζωaphorizō · to separateG873
- shall reproachὀνειδίζωoneidezō · to revileG3679
- cast outἐκβάλλωekballō · to expelG1544
- nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
- asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- evilπονηρόςponēros · evil/badG4190
- forἕνεκαheneka heneken heineken · because ofG1752
- the Sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
Cross-references for Luke 6:22
- Matthew 5:10“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
- Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
- Mark 13:9“You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
- John 15:18“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.
- John 17:14I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.
- Philippians 1:28and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation – a sign which is from God.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,
- 2 Timothy 3:11as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.
- 1 Peter 2:19For this finds God’s favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.
- 1 Peter 3:14But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.
- 1 Peter 4:12Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.
- Luke 20:15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
- Isaiah 65:5They say, ‘Keep to yourself! Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’ These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long.
- Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of the Lord, you who respect what he has to say! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say, “May the Lord be glorified, then we will witness your joy.” But they will be put to shame.
Commentaries on Luke 6:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22They shall separate you - Meaning, They will excommunicate you, ̔, or separate you from their communion. Luke having spoken of their separating or excommunicating them, continues the same idea, in saying that they would cast out their name likewise, as a thing evil in itself. By your name is meant their name as his disciples. As such, they were sometimes called Nazarenes, and sometimes Christians; and both these names were matter of reproach in the mouths…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-49Verses 20-49 See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Luke 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more fully what Luke has briefly, but there is no contradiction. Luke 6:24-26 These verses have been omitted by Matthew. They seem to have been spoken to the Pharisees. Who are rich - In this world‘s goods. They loved them; they had sought for them; they found their…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-26Verses 20-26 Here begins a discourse of Christ, most of which is also found in Mt 5; 7. But some think that this was preached at another time and place. All believers that take the precepts of the gospel to themselves, and live by them, may take the promises of the gospel to themselves, and live upon them. Woes are denounced against prosperous sinners as miserable people, though the world envies them. Those are blessed indeed whom Christ blesses, but…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-23God blesses those who admit their weaknesses and seek strength from God. The value system of God’s kingdom is radically different from the world’s value system, in which power and strength represent success.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. separate you--whether from their Church, by excommunication, or from their society; both hard to flesh and blood. for the Son of man's sake--Compare Mt 5:11, "for My sake"; and immediately before, "for righteousness' sake" (Lu 6:10). Christ thus binds up the cause of righteousness in the world with the reception of Himself.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Luke 6
- 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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