Blessed (μακαριο). See on Mt 5:3.

Are forgiven (αφεθησαν). First aorist passive indicative of αφιημ, witho…

Blessed. Happy are they: they are highly favoured. (See Barnes on Matthew 5:3).

Whose sins are covered. This means they ar…

Forgiven.—The stress is upon this word; “whose sins are not abolished, but forgiven; not annihilated, but covered up, removed from…

What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, has found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he has something…

Though the case of David is not strictly parallel to that of Abraham and is treated only briefly, it is clear from the phrase “the same thing” that…

Saying, blessed are they
These words are cited from (Psalms 32:1), and contain the proof of the happines…

To meet the views of the Jews, the apostle first refers to the example of Abraham, in whom the Jews gloried as their most renowned forefather. Howe…

1. After dismi ing the glory the Jews took in the law, through which they considered themselves superior to the Gentiles, the Apostle now di…