Rethinking the Bible with Jack Pelham

Rethinking the Bible with Jack Pelham


Episode 17: Understanding “Blessed Are The Meek” (Matthew 5:5)

November 16, 2020

DESCRIPTION: Jack talks about “Blessed are the meek…” from Matthew 5:5, demonstrating that the original idea behind the Greek here is a virtue that is sadly rare among Christians today.

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Scriptures Used In This Episode

Matthew 5:5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 21:5 “Say to the daughter of Zion,‘Behold, your king is coming to you,    humble, and mounted on a donkey,    on a colt,[