Do not think that I have come to do away. The things Jesus had taught in these verses so differed from the teaching of the Jews [teachers of the Law and Pharisees] that some might think he was a destroyer of the Law. His purpose was to fulfill to make its teachings come true. The Law completed its purpose in Christ (see Galatians 3:21-29).
Verse Matthew 5:17. _THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO DESTROY THE LAW_] _Do not_ _imagine that I am come to violate the law_ καταλυσαι, from κατα, and λυω, _I loose, violate_, or _dissolve _- I am not com...
THINK NOT THAT I AM COME ... - Our Saviour was just entering on his work. It was important for him to state what he came to do. By his setting up to be a teacher in opposition to the scribes and Phari...
5. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KING CONCERNING HIS KINGDOM. CHAPTER S 5-7 _ 1. The Characteristics of the heirs of the Kingdom.(Matthew 5:1 .) 2. The Confirmation of the Law and its Expansion.(Matthew 5:...
Mt. here brings together material (_a)_ found scattered in Lk., (_b)_ peculiar to himself. MATTHEW 5:13. SALT AND LIGHT. Good men are not only rewarded in the coming age, they help the world now and...
MATTHEW 5:17 TO MATTHEW 6:18. RIGHTEOUSNESS, LEGAL AND REAL. After laying down the principle that the Law is not destroyed or annulled, but developed and transcended (Matthew 5:17), Jesus applies it t...
JESUS AND THE LAW. -- Matthew 5:17-26. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Think not that. am come to destroy the law, or the prophets;. am not come to destroy, but to fulfil._ -- Matthew 5:17. TIME, AND PLACE. --Same a...
Do not think that I have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to destroy them but to fulfil them. This is the truth I tell you--until the heaven and the earth shall pass away, the...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (Matthew 5:1-48) As we have already seen, Matthew has a careful pattern in his gospel. In his story of the baptism of Jesus he shows us Jesus realizing that the hour has struc...
THINK NOT, &C.. Deem not for. moment.. very necessary warning against making this mount another Sinai, and promulgating the laws of the kingdom proclaimed in and from Matthew 4:17. I AM COME. I have...
B. The Kingdom of Heaven is a fulfilment of the law, Matthew 5:17-48. Stated generally, Matthew 5:17-20. 17. _I am come_ Lit. I CAME....
ΟΥ̓Κ ἮΛΘΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΥ͂ΣΑΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. ‘I came not to destroy’, a divine _captatio_ which would instantly soothe the possible fear that Christ was a καταλυτὴς τοῦ νόμου. For the word cp. Polyb. III. 2, καταλύσα...
The poetical form traceable throughout the Sermon on the Mount is especially observable here. οὐ καταλῦσαι and πληρῶσαι are the key-words. The γὰρ in _v._18 (ἀμὴν γάρ) introduces an explanation of οὐ...
Ver 17. "Think not that I am come to destroy the Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall i...
_JESUS' TEACHING ABOUT INFLUENCE AND LAW MATTHEW 5:13-20:_ Those that exhibit the characteristics of the beatitudes become the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Those with humble and pure...
ΝΟΜΊΣΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΝΟΜΊΖΩ (G3543) считать, думать. Относиться к чемул. как предположительно истинному, но без особой уверенности (LN). Это выражение характерно для метода обучения Иисуса, о...
DISCOURSE: 1297 THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS CONFIRMED BY CHRIST Matthew 5:17. _Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto...
THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO DESTROY, &C.— Because the doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ concerning happiness was contrary to that which the Jews were accustomed to hear, and which their preachers pret...
C. THE RELATION OF THE WISE AND GODLY MAN TO THE LAW (Matthew 5:17-48) 1. HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD THE STANDARD, TEXT: 5:17-20 17. Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to d...
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (THINK NOT THAT I AM COME - `that I came' [ eelthon (G2064)] TO DESTROY THE LAW, OR THE PROP...
18-19 Compare Mar_1:16-18; Luk_5:1-11; Joh_1:40-42. 21-22 Compare Mar_1:19-20; Luk_5:10-11. 23 See Mar_1:21-39. 25 Compare Mar_3:7-8. 1-2 Compare Luk_6:20:23. 1 The “Sermon on the Mount” was proba...
5:17 fulfil. (d-24) 'Give the fulness of.' It is not to fulfil a command in the way of obedience, nor to complete another thing by adding to it; but to fill up some system sketched out, or that which...
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT John 5:1 to John 7:29. The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20. This sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke (Luke 6:20), that it is
CHRISTIANITY AS THE FULFILMENT OF THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS. This section is especially appropriate in St. Matthew's Jewish Gospel. St. Luke's sermon, being for Gentile readers, has nothing similar, an...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS TEACHES 5:1–7:29 INTRODUCTION This is the first of the five main sections that report what Jesus taught in Matthew’s *gospe...
Here a new section of the discourse begins, and is carried on to the end of the chapter. From the ideal picture of the life of the society which He came to found, our Lord passes to a protest against...
CHAPTER 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
Μὴ νομίσητε : These words betray a consciousness that there was that in His teaching and bearing which might create such an impression, and are a protest against taking a surface impression for the tr...
_Jesus defines His position_. At the period of the Teaching on the Hill Jesus felt constrained to define His ethical and religious position all round, with reference to the O. T. as the recognised aut...
NEW HEART RIGHTEOUSNESS Matthew 5:17-26 Our Lord's mission was not to destroy but to construct. As noon fulfils dawn, and summer, spring; as manhood fulfils childhood and the perfect picture, the ru...
In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggestiv...
(3) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but (g) to fulfil. (3) Christ did not come to bring any new way of righteousness and salvation into the wor...
Not to destroy the law, &c. It is true, by Christ's coming, a multitude of ceremonies and sacrifices, and circumcision, were to cease; but the moral precepts were to continue, and to be complied with,...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
Matthew 5:17._Think not. _With regard to the perfection of his life, Christ might justly have maintained that he _came to fulfill the law: _but here he treats of doctrine, not of life. As he afterward...
He then gathers around Him those who were definitively to follow Him in His ministry and His temptations; and, at His call, to link their portion and their lot with His, forsaking all beside. The str...
THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO DESTROY THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS,.... From verse 3 to the 10th inclusive, our Lord seems chiefly to respect the whole body of his true disciples and followers; from thence,...
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Ver. 17. _Think not that I am come to destroy the law_] As the Pharisees slandered him only to b...
_Think not that I am come to destroy To abrogate, annul_, or _repeal_, (which seems to be the meaning of the word καταλυσαι, here,) _the law or the prophets_ As your teachers do. It is manifest from t...
DESTROY THE LAW; set aside either the principles or the moral precepts of the Old Testament. TO FULFIL; rightly to explain the nature and perfectly to enforce the precepts of the moral law, as well as...
CHRIST CONFIRMS AND EXPOUNDS THE LAW OF MOSES. Good works Jesus has just urged. He now proceeds to give a definition of good works from the Law. He makes clear His position with regard to the Law: Th...
From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him we...
17-20 Let none suppose that Christ allows his people to trifle with any commands of God's holy law. No sinner partakes of Christ's justifying righteousness, till he repents of his evil deeds. The mer...
There are so many adversaries, Jews, papists, Socinians, Anabaptists, Antinomians, &c., that make their advantages of this text, for the establishing their several errors, that it would require a volu...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For by His advent He Himself fulfilled all things, and does still fulfil in the Church the new covenant foretold by the law, onwards to the consummation [of all thin...
Matthew 5:17 not G3361 think G3543 (G5661) that G3754 came G2064 (G5627) destroy G2647 (G5658) Law...
THE PERMANENCE OF THE LAW AND THE WARNING TO OBSERVE IT TRULY SO AS TO EXPERIENCE A FULLER RIGHTEOUSNESS (5:17-20). Having spoken to His disciples of a life which acts as a preservative in the world,...
“Do not think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets, I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. This dramatic statement can be viewed in a number of ways (although the list is by no means exhaus...
GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
Matthew 5:17. THINK NOT. See above. The great Teacher addresses Himself to the thoughts of the audience before Him. I CAME. This implies that He had a special mission; not as yet a direct avowal tha...
Our Lord defines His relation to the old dispensation (Matthew 5:17-19), thus introducing the negative leading thought, viz., the utter failure of the Pharisees to attain true righteousness, according...
I CAME NOT TO DESTROY, BUT TO FULFIL (ουκ ηλθον καταλυσα αλλα πληρωσα). The verb "destroy" means to "loosen down" as of a house or tent (2 Corinthians 5:1). Fulfil is to fill full. This Jesus did t...
I AM NOT COME TO DESTROY Christ's relation to the law of Moses may be thus summarized: (1) He was made under the law (Galatians 4:4). (2) He lived in perfect obedience to the law (John 8:46); (Matt...
Matthew 5:17 I. A fulfiller and a destroyer. Let us first clearly understand the difference. (1) Look at it in nature. What is the truly majestic power of the earth? Surely not destruction. There are...
Matthew 5:17. _Think not that I am came to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill._ The life, work, and words of Christ are not an emendation of the Old Testament,...
Matthew 5:1. _And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,-_ Our Saviour soon gathered a...
Matthew 5:13. _Ye are the salt of the earth:_ The earth would go putrid if there were no salt of grace to preserve it. So, dear friends, if God's grace is in you, there is a pungent savor about you w...
CONTENTS: Sermon on the mount. Beatitudes. Believer as salt and light. Christ's relation to the law. Divorce. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus. CONCLUSION: The relationship of a child of God will be manifeste...
Matthew 5:1. _Seeing the multitudes,_ assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upon t...
_But to fulfil._ THE MORAL LAW ETERNAL AND IMMUTABLE I. Negatively-that Christ did not come to destroy the law or the prophets. This may be illustrated as follows. 1. If the cause be immutably good,...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:17 These verses explain how Jesus and the kingdom fulfill the Law of Moses. This is the key to interpreting the Sermon on the Mount and indeed the whole of Jesus’ ministry....
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:1 The Authoritative Message of the Messiah: Kingdom Life for His Disciples. This is the first of five major teaching sections in Matthew 1:1 (chs....
CHAPTER 5 _Went up into a mountain._ Let us inquire what mountain this was? "Some simple brethren," says S. Jerome, "think that Christ taught the Beatitudes, and the things which follow, on the mount...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT _The aim and contents of the_ “_Sermon_.”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and po...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 5:1 AND SEEING THE MULTITUDES; _i.e. _those spoken of in Matthew 4:25—the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. HE WENT UP. From the lower ground by the lake. I...
Tonight we have the Sermon on the Mount, what a fantastic portion of scripture. Matthew five, And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he has sat down, his disciples came unto...
Acts 18:13; Acts 21:28; Acts 6:13; Colossians 2:16; Colossians 2:17;...
To destroy [κ α τ α λ υ σ α ι]. Lit., to loosen down, dissolve; Wyc., undo....
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Before the Lord sat a great crowd of p...
Think not — Do not imagine, fear, hope, that I am come — Like your teachers, to destroy the law or the prophets. I am not come to destroy — The moral law, but to fulfil — To establish, illustrate, and...
Did Jesus come to do away with the Law of Moses? PROBLEM: Jesus said very explicitly, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy, but to fulfill.” However,...
Our Saviour here informs his followers, That he had no design to abrogate any part of the moral law, or to loose mankind from the least measure of their duty either towards God or man, but that he cam...