verses, on the grounds (a) that it is best supported; (b) that it was more likely to be reversed than the rival order, which would at once suggest itself to scribes who would like to bring πτωχοί and πρᾳεῖς into close connection, and to emphasise by close contact the antithesis between “heaven” and “earth.” (L) 4. Blessed are those who mourn: because they shall be comforted.] Cf. Is 61:2 παρακαλέσαι πάντας τοῦς πενθοῦντας. The thought is of those who mourn for the sin in Israel, which checks