5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger 2 and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
1 tn Grk “and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry.”
2 sn Those who hunger are people like the poor Jesus has already mentioned. The term has OT roots both in conjunction with the poor (Isa 32:6-7; 58:6-7, 9-10; Ezek 18:7, 16) or by itself (Ps 37:16-19; 107:9).