Matthew 5:5
Sunday, 10 November 2024 Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 “Blessed – the benignant, For they – they will inherit the land” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted the poor and that they would be comforted. Continuing now, it says, “Blessed – the benignant.” Although it is a rare and almost wholly unknown word, the word meek, as almost all translations state, falls short of the intent. The word is praus. It goes beyond what one would think of as meek. HELPS Word Studies says, “This difficult-to-translate root (pra) means more than ‘meek.’ Biblical meekness…
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