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Mat 5:12. Χαίρετε, rejoice) Joy is not only a feeling, but also a duty of the Christian (see Php 4:4); and in adversity, the highest grade and very nerve of patience.-ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, be exceeding glad) so that others also may perceive your joy.-ὅτι, κ.τ.λ, because, etc.) You may therefore rejoice on account of your reward.-ὁ μισθὸς, the reward) sc. of grace. The word Reward implies something further beyond the beatitudes, which spring from the very disposition of the righteous. Therefore it is said, Rejoice.-τοὺς προφήτας, the prophets) who, by bearing witness to Christ, have encountered hatred (see Act 7:52), whose reward you know to be great. Persecution has not occurred only in the case of barbarous nations whilst they were being converted to the Gospel, but always in the times of both the Old and New Testament: see 1Jn 3:12-13.