χορτασθήσονται. (chortasthesontai) in Matthew 5:6: Verb Third Person Plural Future Passive Indicative
χορτασθήσονται. (chortasthesontai) in Matthew 5:6
Textual Witness
The witness reads χορτασθήσονται. in Matthew 5:6.
How The Form Affects Interpretation
The future passive verb makes satisfaction the promised outcome.
How To Communicate It
Use it to show that the longing is met by promised satisfaction.
What Not To Say
- Grammatical form should serve context, not override it.
- Keep satisfaction attached to hunger and thirst for righteousness.
- Do not detach the promise from the Beatitude.
- Do not infer timing from future tense alone.
- Do not reduce satisfaction to a merely physical image.
What Does The Label Mean?
Verb: the form names an action or state and functions as a finite verbal form in its clause.
Future: presents the action as expected or promised from the standpoint of the clause. Context decides the exact force.
Passive: presents those who hunger and thirst for righteousness as receiving the action or promised outcome.
Indicative: presents the verbal idea as an assertion in the clause.
Third person: the form speaks about the named group rather than directly addressing the reader.
Not applicable: this finite verb form is not using noun case to mark its clause role.
Plural: the number should be read from this occurrence, not generalized beyond the clause.
Not applicable: this finite verb form does not use grammatical gender.
What The Form Does In This Verse
Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
Jesus' satisfaction promise in Matthew 5:6
States the promised outcome for those longing for righteousness.
Do not use the future passive alone to explain every timing or means of satisfaction.
How Much The Form Matters Here
High: The verb carries the fourth Beatitude's promise.
Future passive promise. states what will happen to those longing for righteousness. Attached to those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. Governed by Jesus' satisfaction promise in Matthew 5:6. Read as the promised result in the Beatitude.
What does Jesus promise to those who hunger and thirst for righteousness? They will be satisfied.
Direct: The form directly supports will be satisfied.
The passive form presents satisfaction received, while context governs how the promise is explained.
How The Interpretation Is Derived
The witness reads χορτασθήσονται. in Matthew 5:6.
The lemma χορτάζω carries the gloss "I feed, satisfy", and here it names being filled or satisfied.
The future passive indicative supplies the reason the hungry and thirsty are blessed.
Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are blessed because they will be satisfied.
The form fits the Beatitudes' pattern of promised kingdom reversal.
Use it to show that the longing is met by promised satisfaction.
Do not use the verb alone to define the full timing, means, or extent of satisfaction.