Matthew 5:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Μακάριοι οἱ δεδιωγμένοι ἕνεκεν δικαιοσύνης: ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν.

Transliteration

Makarioi the dediōgmenoi heneken dikaiosynēs: hoti of-them estin the basileia of-the ouranōn.

Grammar Details

• *Makarioi*: nominative masculine plural adjective - blessed/happy
• *dediōgmenoi*: perfect passive participle, nominative masculine plural - having been persecuted
• *heneken*: preposition with genitive - for the sake of/because of
• *dikaiosynēs*: genitive feminine singular - of righteousness
• *hoti*: conjunction - because/for
• *estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is
• *basileia*: nominative feminine singular - kingdom/reign
• *ouranōn*: genitive masculine plural - of heavens

Word Meanings

• *Makarioi*: blessed/happy/fortunate
• *dediōgmenoi*: persecuted/pursued/harassed
• *heneken*: because of/for the sake of/on account of
• *dikaiosynēs*: righteousness/justice/uprightness
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/rule
• *ouranōn*: heavens/skies

Referenced Verses

• Jas 1:12 : 12 Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.
• 1 Pet 3:13-14 : 13 For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good? 14 But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.
• 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison
• 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.
• 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed, 10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body. 11 For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body. 12 As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
• Matt 5:3 : 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
• Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the king will say to those on his right,‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Luke 6:22 : 22 “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!
• Jas 1:2-5 : 2 Joy in Trials My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything. 5 But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.
• 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.
• 1 Pet 4:12-16 : 12 Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker. 16 But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name.
• Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
• John 15:20 : 20 Remember what I told you,‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.
• 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people. 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored! 11 To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads. 12 We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure, 13 when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.
• Phil 1:28 : 28 and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation– a sign which is from God.
• Luke 6:20 : 20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said:“Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.
• Ps 37:12 : 12 Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.
• Acts 8:1 : 1 And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Saul Begins to Persecute the ChurchNow on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
• Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,“For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Thess 1:4-7 : 4 As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring. 5 Encouragement in Persecution This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering. 6 For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
• Matt 10:23 : 23 Whenever they persecute you in one town, flee to another! I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
• Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
• 1 John 3:12 : 12 not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.
• Mark 10:30 : 30 who will not receive in this age a hundred times as much– homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions– and in the age to come, eternal life.
• Acts 5:40 : 40 and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.