Luke 6:20

20 et ipse elevatis oculis in discipulos suos dicebat beati pauperes quia vestrum est regnum Dei

Luke 6:20 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 6:20

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples
Either the whole company of them, or rather the twelve apostles, whom he saw coming to him, and fixing his eyes on them, he sat,

and said;
what follows, with many other things recorded by Matthew:

blessed be ye poor;
not only in the things of this world, having left all for Christ, but poor in Spirit, as in ( Matthew 5:3 ) , (See Gill on Matthew 5:3):

for yours is the kingdom of God;
or heaven, so in ( Matthew 5:3 ) .

Luke 6:20 In-Context

18 qui venerunt ut audirent eum et sanarentur a languoribus suis et qui vexabantur ab spiritibus inmundis curabantur

19 et omnis turba quaerebant eum tangere quia virtus de illo exiebat et sanabat omnes

20 et ipse elevatis oculis in discipulos suos dicebat beati pauperes quia vestrum est regnum Dei

21 beati qui nunc esuritis quia saturabimini beati qui nunc fletis quia ridebitis

22 beati eritis cum vos oderint homines et cum separaverint vos et exprobraverint et eiecerint nomen vestrum tamquam malum propter Filium hominis