Matthew 5:2
And having opened His mouth He taught them, saying;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
In Context
3Blessed are the poor in spirit: because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
Cross References
Matthew 13:35in order that the word spoken by Isaiah, the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables: I will make known the things which have been hidden from the foundation.
Acts 8:35Philip opening his mouth, and beginning from the same scripture, preached Jesus to him.
Acts 18:14And Paul being about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were some injustice or wicked rascality, O Jews, I would bear with you according to reason:
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 →