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| | |<span id="5:5"></span>Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. | | |<span id="5:5"></span>Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. |
| | |Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. | | |Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. |
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| − | |<span id="5:5"></span>Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
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| | |<span id="5:6"></span>Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. | | |<span id="5:6"></span>Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. |
| − | |Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied. | + | |Blessed are they that hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. |
| − | |The use of the Greek accusative case connotes persons who actively do and pursue justice in their daily living. | + | |The use of the Greek accusative case connotes persons who actively do and pursue righteousness in their daily living. |
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| − | |<span id="5:6"></span>Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
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| − | |So truly blessed are those that hunger and thirst to see righteousness done. They will have their fill.
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| | |<span id="5:7"></span>Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. | | |<span id="5:7"></span>Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. |
| | |Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. | | |Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. |
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| − | |<span id="5:7"></span>Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
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| | |Blessed are the clean in heart, for they shall see God. | | |Blessed are the clean in heart, for they shall see God. |
| | |The [[Greek]] word '''καθαρος''' means "clean." The English word ''pure'' has its roots in metallurgy and connotes a refined metal element separated in a furnace. That metaphor is used elsewhere in Scripture, but not here. | | |The [[Greek]] word '''καθαρος''' means "clean." The English word ''pure'' has its roots in metallurgy and connotes a refined metal element separated in a furnace. That metaphor is used elsewhere in Scripture, but not here. |
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| − | |<span id="5:8"></span>Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
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| | |<span id="5:9"></span>Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. | | |<span id="5:9"></span>Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. |
| | |Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. | | |Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. |
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| − | |<span id="5:9"></span>Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
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| − | |So truly blessed are the Makers of Peace. It is Children of God that they will be called.
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| | |developed from the Scripture and current in the 1st cent. and common in the synagogual liturgy - "The One who makes Peace in His Heights, He will make Peace upon us." As God is called according to this His quality, so those who follow Him in this, will also be called, a new name - "Children of God" | | |developed from the Scripture and current in the 1st cent. and common in the synagogual liturgy - "The One who makes Peace in His Heights, He will make Peace upon us." As God is called according to this His quality, so those who follow Him in this, will also be called, a new name - "Children of God" |
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