Matthew 5:2
and having opened His mouth, He was teaching them, saying,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
In Context
3“Blessed the poor in spirit—because theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
Cross References
Job 3:1After this Job has opened his mouth, and reviles his day.
Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I speak noble things, || And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness.
Matthew 13:35that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open in allegories My mouth, || I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
Acts 8:35And Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this Writing, proclaimed good news to him—Jesus.
Acts 18:14and Paul being about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If, indeed, then, it was anything unrighteous, or an act of wicked recklessness, O Jews, according to reason I had borne with you,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:2-3
The Sermon on the Mount. 1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, We have here a general account of this sermon. I. The Preacher was our Lord Jesus, the Prince of preachers, the great Prophet of his church, who came into the world, to be the Light of the world. The prophets and John had done virtuously in preaching, but Christ excelled them all. He is the eternal Wisdom, that lay in the bosom of… Read the whole commentary →