The Last Beatitude. Joy in Suffering
The motive of joy in suffering for Jesus' sake, makes the last beatitude in Matt 5,11-12 and Luke 6,22-23 different from the former blessings. The persecution form present in this beatitude seems to be an authentic saying of Jesus, subsequently widespread in NT literature. Such a motive, in fac...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2010
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Biblica
Year: 2010, Volume: 91, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-209 |
| Further subjects: | B
Luke 6,22-23
B Joy B Matthew 5,11-12 B Suffering B Beatitude B 1 Peter |
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| Summary: | The motive of joy in suffering for Jesus' sake, makes the last beatitude in Matt 5,11-12 and Luke 6,22-23 different from the former blessings. The persecution form present in this beatitude seems to be an authentic saying of Jesus, subsequently widespread in NT literature. Such a motive, in fact, does not appear in Judaism and in intertestamental or in apocryphal literature. The First Letter of Peter is instead a special witness of 'joy in suffering'. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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