“Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.”
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh — the now/will be pattern communicates the present reality and the future reversal. Those who hunger now (physical hunger, not merely spiritual desire) will be satisfied; those who weep now (actual weeping, genuine grief) will laugh. The Beatitudes describe the condition of the disciples in the present age and the transformation that the kingdom will bring.
Church Fathers on Luke 6:21
After the ordination of the Apostles, the Savior directed His disciples to the newness of the evangelical life.
But being about to utter His divine oracles, He begins to rise higher; although He stood in a low place, yet as it is said, He lifted up his eyes. What is lifting up the eyes, but to disclose a more hidden light?
And although He speaks in a general way to all, yet more especially He lifts up His eyes on His disciples; for it follows, on his disciples, that to those who receive the word listening attentively with the heart, He might reveal more fully the light of its deep meaning.
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