Bob Utley You Can Understand the Bible - Matthew 5:4 - 5:4

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Bob Utley You Can Understand the Bible - Matthew 5:4 - 5:4


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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Mat_5:4

 4"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."

Mat_5:4 "mourn" This referred to "loud wailing," which was the strongest term for mourning in the Greek language. The context implies that the mourning was for our sin. The result of seeing one's sin (Mat_5:3) must be repentance (Mat_5:4). It is possible, if the OT referent is Isa_61:1-3, that it was mourning in a corporate, societal sense.

▣ "comforted" See Isa_12:1; Isa_40:1; Isa_49:13; Isa_51:3; Isa_51:12; Isa_52:9; Isa_66:13. The new age has dawned in Christ. God comforts not only the OT people of God, but all who believe/trust Jesus. The OT promises to Israel have been universalized to the whole world (cf. Joh_3:16).