When they shall separate you (οταν αφορισωσιν υμας). First aorist active subjunctive, from αφοριζω, common verb for marking off a …

Blessed are ye.—See Notes on Matthew 5:10-12. The clause when they shall separate you from their company is pec…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: After the ordination of the Apostles, the Savior directed His disciples to the newne of the evangelica…

Luke’s version of the blessings (or “Beatitudes”) is shorter than Matthew’s and is different in some particulars; he also includes a negative form …

Ble ed are you when men shall hate you
For the sake of Christ, and his Gospel:

and when they shall separate you …

Here begins a discourse of Christ, most of which is also found in Matthew chapters 5 and 7. But some think that this was preached at another time a…