"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." The verbal form of the word peace-maker doesn't occur anywhere else in the New Testament, nor in the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible.
I like the idea of peace as a verbal form as e.g. peace-maker, peace-builder, peace-curator, peace-talker, peace-fixer, peace-advisor, peace-manager, peace-co-ordinator, peace-worker, maybe even peace-prayer.
In one phrase Jesus told the truth of how to begin healing the world, "Blessed are the peacemakers" those who do peace, talk peace, sing peace, live peace, and so make peace happen.
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