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Persecuted for the Right Reason
Commentators unanimously stress that this blessing is not for suffering in general, but specifically for being persecuted "for righteousness' sake." This means suffering due to your godly character and commitment to Christ, not because of your own faults, bad temper, or wrongdoing. As multiple scholars note, the cause of the persecution is what makes it a blessing.
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 5:10
18th Century
Theologian
Persecuted. To persecute means literally to pursue or follow after, as one does a fleeing enemy. Here it means to afflict or oppr…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 5:10
That have been persecuted for righteousness' sake (ο δεδιωγμενο ενεκεν δικαιοσυνης). Posing as persecuted is a favourite stunt. Th…
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 5:10–11
19th Century
Preacher
Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you, when men revile you, and per…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 5:10
It is no accident that Jesus should pass from peacemaking to persecution, for the world enjoys its cherished hates and prejudices so much that the …
John Calvin
On Matthew 5:10
16th Century
Theologian
Happy are they who suffer persecution. The disciples of Christ have very great need of this instruction; and the harder and more disagreea…
John Gill
On Matthew 5:10
17th Century
Pastor
Blessed are they which are persecuted Not for any crimes they have done, for unrighteousness and iniquity, as murderers, thieves, a…
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 5:3–12
17th Century
Minister
Our Savior here gives eight characteristics of blessed people, which represent to us the principal graces of a Christian.
The poor …
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 5:3–10
13th Century
Philosopher
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…