Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 6:22

"Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man`s sake." — Luke 6:22 (ASV)

Blessed are ye.—See Notes on Matthew 5:10-12. The clause when they shall separate you from their company is peculiar to St. Luke, and refers to the excommunication or exclusion from the synagogue, and therefore from social fellowship, of which we read in John 16:2.