Matthew 5:11
“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
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Psalms 35:11+ 35:11. MP: False witnesses come forward. (See also Is 53:7b). (Mark 14:55-57) Malicious witnesses come forward. + 35:11. Quoted in Matt 26:60 2 They ask me about things about which I know nothing. 1
Isaiah 66:5Sh'ma ·Hear obey· Adonai’s word, 2 you who tremble at his word: 1 “Your brothers who hate you, 2 who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, 1 ‘Let Adonai be glorified, 2 that we may see your joy;’ 2 but it is those who shall be disappointed. 1
Matthew 10:22You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 10:39He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.
Mark 4:17They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they are scandalized ·to entrap, to cause weak knees that waiver, stumbling block that causes falling, distrusting one that should be trusted and obeyed, disapproving of authority, to judge unfavorably causing displeasure, indignant·.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:4-13
The Sermon on the Mount. 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they… Read the whole commentary →