Matthew 5:5 (BSB)

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

From Matthew 5. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Matthew 5:5

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Matthew 5:5: 5. Happy are the meek By the meek he means persons of mild and gentle dispositions, who are not easily provoked by injuries, who are not ready to take offense, but are prepared to endure anything rather than do the like actions to wicked men. When Christ promises to such persons the inheritance of the earth, we might think it exceedingly foolish.
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Matthew 5:3-12: Christ begins his sermon with blessings, for he came into the world to bless us (Act 3:26), as the great High Priest of our profession; as the blessed Melchizedec; as He in whom all the families of the earth should be blessed, Gen 12:3.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Matthew 5:5: Blessed are the meek,.... Who are not easily provoked to anger; who patiently bear, and put up with injuries and affronts; carry themselves courteously, and affably to all; have the meanest thoughts of themselves, and the best of others; do not envy the gifts and graces of other men; are willing to be instructed and admonished, by the meanest of the saints; quietly submit to...
  • Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Matthew 5:5: Verse 5. The meek. Meekness is patience in the reception of injuries. It is neither meanness, nor a surrender of our rights, nor cowardice; but it is the opposite of sudden anger, of malice, of long-harboured vengeance. Christ insisted on his right when he said, "If I have done evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why smitest thou me?" .