Matthew 5:4
Context| NETBible | “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 1 |
| XREF | Ps 6:1-9; Ps 13:1-5; Ps 30:7-11; Ps 32:3-7; Ps 40:1-3; Ps 69:29-30; Ps 116:3-7; Ps 126:5,6; Isa 12:1; Isa 25:8; Isa 30:19; Isa 35:10; Isa 38:14-19; Isa 51:11,12; Isa 57:18; Isa 61:2,3; Isa 66:10; Jer 31:9-12,16,17; Eze 7:16; Eze 9:4; Zec 12:10-14; Zec 13:1; Lu 6:21,25; Lu 7:38,50; Lu 16:25; Joh 16:20-22; 2Co 1:4-7; 2Co 7:9,10; Jas 1:12; Re 7:14-17; Re 21:4 |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn The promise they will be comforted is the first of several “reversals” noted in these promises. The beatitudes and the reversals that accompany them serve in the sermon as an invitation to enter into God’s care, because one can know God cares for those who turn to him. |
