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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Matthew 5:12 - 5:12
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Rejoice, and be exceeding glad - “exult.” In the corresponding passage of Luke (Luk 6:22, Luk 6:23), where every indignity trying to flesh and blood is held forth as the probable lot of such as were faithful to Him, the word is even stronger than here: “leap,” as if He would have their inward transport to overpower and absorb the sense of all these affronts and sufferings; nor will anything else do it.
for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you: - that is, “You do but serve yourselves heirs to their character and sufferings, and the reward will be common.”