Blessed (μακαριο). The English word "blessed" is more exactly represented by the Greek verbal ευλογητο as in Lu 1:68 of God by Zac…

Blessed are the poor in spirit. The word blessed means happy, referring to that which produces true happiness, from what…

Blessed — The word used here differs from the one in Matthew 23:39 and Matthew 25:34. It expresses a permanent state of blessednes…

Saying, Blessed—

The Old Testament closes with the word "curse." The New Testament begins here, in the preaching of Christ, with the…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: Every person rejoices when they see an opportunity to practice their own trade or profession. A carp…

The Greek word for “ble ed” (GK 3421) describes the person who is singularly favored by God and therefore in some sense “happy,” though the word ca…

Happy are the poor in spirit. Luke 6:20. Happy (are you) poor. Luke gives nothing more than a simple metaphor.…

Blessed are the poor in spirit
Not the poor in purse, or who are so with respect to things temporal: for though God …

Our Savior here gives eight characteristics of ble ed people, which represent to us the principal graces of a Christian.

1. The poor i…

The Evangelist, above, set forth a kind of brief preamble to Christ’s teaching; now he relates the teaching itself and its effect, namely, the admi…