Matthew 5:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μακάριοί ἐστε, ὅταν ὀνειδίσωσιν ὑμᾶς, καὶ διώξωσιν, καὶ εἴπωσιν πᾶν πονηρὸν καθʼ ὑμῶν ψευδόμενοι, ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ.

Transliteration

Makarioi este, hotan oneidisōsin you, and diōxōsin, and eipōsin all ponēron against you pseudomenoi, heneken of-me.

Grammar Details

• *Makarioi*: nominative masculine plural adjective - blessed/happy
• *este*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you are
• *hotan*: temporal conjunction - when/whenever
• *oneidisōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may reproach/revile
• *diōxōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may persecute
• *eipōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they may say/speak
• *ponēron*: accusative neuter singular - evil thing
• *pseudomenoi*: present middle participle, nominative masculine plural - lying/falsifying
• *heneken*: preposition with genitive - for the sake of/because of

Word Meanings

• *Makarioi*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *hotan*: when/whenever/as soon as
• *oneidisōsin*: reproach/revile/insult
• *diōxōsin*: persecute/pursue/harass
• *eipōsin*: say/speak/tell
• *ponēron*: evil/wicked/harmful
• *pseudomenoi*: lying/falsifying/speaking untruth
• *heneken*: because of/for the sake of/on account of

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye]; because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.
• Luke 21:17 : 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
• Matt 24:9 : 9 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.
• 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
• Mark 13:13 : 13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
• Matt 19:29 : 29 And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
• Matt 10:39 : 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
• Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
• John 15:21 : 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
• Rev 2:3 : 3 and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name's sake, and hast not grown weary.
• Matt 10:22 : 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
• Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!
• Matt 27:39 : 39 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads,
• Mark 8:35 : 35 For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.
• Rom 8:36 : 36 Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
• 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.
• Acts 9:16 : 16 for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.
• John 9:28 : 28 And they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.
• Mark 4:17 : 17 and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.
• Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out for my name's sake, have said, Let Jehovah be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is they that shall be put to shame.
• Matt 10:18 : 18 yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
• Ps 44:22 : 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
• Mark 13:9 : 9 But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and {G2476} before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them.
• Luke 7:33-34 : 33 For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon. 34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
• Luke 9:24 : 24 For whosoever {G302} would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever {G302} shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
• Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
• 2 Cor 4:11 : 11 For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
• Ps 35:11 : 11 Unrighteous witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I know not.