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Luke 6:22
22Blessed 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.
Context of Luke 6:22
20Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21Blessed 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, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. 23“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets. 24“But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
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 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
- Mark 13:9“You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
- John 15:18“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
- John 17:14I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.
- Philippians 1:28without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own people the same things those churches suffered from the Jews
- 2 Timothy 3:11persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
- 1 Peter 2:19For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.
- 1 Peter 3:14But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”
- 1 Peter 4:12Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test 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 65:5who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me, for I am too sacred for you!’ Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day.
- Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: “Your own people who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy!’ Yet 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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