Matthew 5:4

5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. ¹ 

Matthew 5:7

5:7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Matthew 5:27

Adultery

5:27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ ² 

Matthew 11:26

11:26 Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. ³ 

Matthew 27:18

27:18 (For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.) ⁴ 

[5:4]  ¹ sn The promise they will be comforted 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.

[5:27]  ² sn A quotation from Exod 20:14; Deut 5:17.

[11:26]  ³ tn Grk “for (to do) thus was well-pleasing before you,” BDAG 325 s.v. ἔμπροσθεν 1.b.δ; speaking of something taking place “before” God is a reverential way of avoiding direct connection of the action to him.

[27:18]  ⁴ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.