God & Savior

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Matthew 5:4
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Those who mourn are blessed, because God will comfort them.

Explanation

Jesus speaks to people who grieve, whether over loss, over sin, or over the wrongs of the world. He promises that God Himself will bring comfort.

Original language
  • Μακάριοι (Makarioi): blessed
    Greek · Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · Strong's G3107 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Blessed, happy: favoured by God.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 5:4, word 1

  • πενθοῦντες (penthountes): to mourn
    Greek · Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · Strong's G3996 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    Mourning, grieving.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 5:4, word 3

  • παρακληθήσονται (paraklēthēsontai): to plead/comfort
    Greek · Verb, future, passive, indicative, 3rd person plural · Strong's G3870 · text: NA28 (as recorded in TAGNT)

    They will be comforted, encouraged.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAGNT: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Matthew 5:4, word 6

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Original language (Greek)

Μακάριοι οἱ πενθοῦντες, ὅτι αὐτοὶ παρακληθήσονται.

  1. ΜακάριοιMakarioi“Blessed [are]”
    Adjective, nominative, plural, masculine · from μακάριος · “blessed” · Strong's G3107
  2. οἱhoi“those”
    Article, nominative, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  3. πενθοῦντες,penthountes“mourning,”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine · from πενθέω · “to mourn” · Strong's G3996
  4. ὅτιhoti“for”
    Conjunction · “that/since” · Strong's G3754H
  5. αὐτοὶautoi“they themselves”
    Personal pronoun, nominative, plural, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  6. παρακληθήσονται.paraklēthēsontai“will be comforted.”
    Verb, future, passive, indicative, 3rd person plural · from παρακαλέω · “to plead/comfort” · Strong's G3870
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  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)