Bible Strands
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses his disciples and a crowd gathered on a mountainside, speaking the third of seven Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3–12).
The words — Penthountes (πενθοῦντες) is a present participle: ongoing mourning, not a single act of grief. Paraklēthēsontai (παρακληθῆσονται) shares its root with paraklētos, the word John later uses for the Holy Spirit (John 14:16).
The thread — Isaiah 61:2 promises to "comfort all who mourn" as part of the anointed one's mission; Revelation 21:4 marks the end-state where mourning itself is abolished.
Why it lands — It names mourning as a condition that does not disqualify one from blessing, and it ties the comfort to a future act by God rather than to the mourner's own resolution.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Cross-references
- Revelation 21:4 ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
- 2 Corinthians 7:9 yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
- Isaiah 61:2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
- John 16:20 Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- Psalms 126:5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
- Isaiah 57:18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
- Luke 6:21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- Revelation 7:14 “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
- James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- Isaiah 51:11 So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.