Matthew 5:3, annotated
This translation is from the New American Bible. The bolded hyperlink will take you to additional translations. The entire chapter is included to provide context.
Information about the meaning the original Greek of what seem to be key words is provided in blue.
Collections of scriptures dealing with principles similar to those addressed this reading are hyperlinked after the reading.
Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Excerpts collected in green at the end of this post tell us about something God wants us to do.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed = μακάριος = makarios Blue Letter Bible the highest good; happy;supremely blest; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon blessed, happy; bliss
poor = πτωχός = ptōchos Blue Letter Bible one who crouches and cowers; reduced to beggary, begging, asking alms; destitute of wealth, influence, position, honour; lowly, afflicted, destitute; helpless, powerless to accomplish an end; destitute of wealth of learning and intellectual culture; absolute or public mendicancy; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon Beggarly
spirit = πνεῦμα = pneuma Blue Letter Bible (1) Breath, wind; the vital principal by which the body is animated; a simple essence, devoid of all or at least all grosser matter, and possessed of the power of knowing, desiring, deciding, and acting (2)the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son; never referred to as a depersonalised force; God's power and agency; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon blast, wind; breeze or influence; breathed air, breath; breath of life; divine inspiration
kingdom = βασιλεία = basileia Blue Letter Bible sovereignty, royal power, dominion; denoting the ... people over whom a king rules; the right or authority to rule; reign; royal power and dignity; the rule of God; God's rule, the divine administration; the universe subject to God's sway, God's royal domain; Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon dominion; being ruled by a king; reign
Scriptures addressing similar principle are collected at:
Wisdom Principles--God is a refuge for those who love Him
Wisdom Principles--Rely on God, not Material Power or Wealth
Wisdom Principles--God loves humility & hates pride
What this reading tells us about God or our relationship with Him:
Blessed are the poor in spirit
kingdom of heaven
What this reading tells us to do:
poor in spirit
kingdom of heaven
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