[1:53] 1 sn Good things refers not merely to material blessings, but blessings that come from knowing God.
[1:53] 2 sn Another fundamental contrast of Luke’s is between the hungry and the rich (Luke 6:20-26).
[6:21] 3 sn You 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).
[6:21] 4 sn The promise you will be satisfied is the first of several “reversals” noted in these promises. The beatitudes and the reversals that accompany them serve in the sermon as an invitation to enter into God’s care, because one can know God cares for those who turn to him.
[6:21] 5 sn You will laugh alludes to the joy that comes to God’s people in the salvation to come.
