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Verse Matthew 5:18. _FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, TILL HEAVEN_] In the
very _commencement_ of his ministry, Jesus Christ teaches the
_instability_ of all visible things. "The heaven which you see, and...
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VERILY - Truly, certainly. A word of strong affirmation.
TILL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS - This expression denotes that the law
never would be destroyed until it should be all fulfilled. It is the
same as...
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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:...
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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...
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ONE JOT OR ONE TITTLE... TILL ALL BE FULFILLED.
The Savior asserts in the most solemn manner that not the smallest
portion of the law shall pass away until all be fulfilled. This
implies that, when it...
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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...
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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...
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_verily_ The Hebr. _Amen_is retained in the Greek text. This particle
is used (_a_) to confirm the truth of what has been said. (_b_) To
affirm the truth of what is about to be said. The second (_b_)...
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ἈΜΉΝ. Strictly a verbal adjective, ‘firm,’ ‘true,’ from
Hebr. _aman_ to ‘support,’ ‘confirm’; thus used, Revelation
3:14, ὁ�. (2) An adverb of affirmation preceding or concluding a
statement or prayer...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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ΑΜΉΝ (G225),_евр._ אמן, достоверно. О_евр._
слове _см._ TWOT; DJG, 7-8; THAT; DCH; ABD, 1:184-86; NIDOTTE;
Hagner. В иудаизме это слово служило для
усиления или подтверждения ответа,
согласия со сказа...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, [ Ameen (G281) = 'aameen (H543) le...
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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...
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ONE JOT (Gk. _iota_)] stands for _Yod_, the smallest letter in the
Heb. alphabet. TITTLE (lit. 'little horn')] is one of those minute
projections by which otherwise similar Heb. letters are distinguis...
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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...
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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
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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...
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VERILY. — The first occurrence in the Gospel of the word so common
in our Lord’s teaching seems the right place for dwelling on its
meaning. It is the familiar _Amen_ of the Church’s worship — the
wor...
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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...
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These verses wear on first view a Judaistic look, and have been
regarded as an interpolation, or set down to the credit of an
over-conservative evangelist. But they may be reconciled with Matthew
5:17...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Amen. That is, assuredly, of a truth. This Hebrew word Amen, is here
retained by the example and authority of all the four evangelists, who
have retained it. It is used by our Lord as a strong assever...
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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...
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For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
In this passage, we meet with the word Amen, or Verily, for the...
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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...
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18._Till heaven and earth pass _Luke expresses it a little
differently, but to the same import, that _it is easier for heaven and
earth to pass, than for one point of the law to fail _The design of
Ch...
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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...
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FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU,.... Or "I Amen say unto you", which is one
of the names of Christ; see Revelation 3:14 or the word "Amen" is only
used by Christ as an asseveration of what he was about to s...
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For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Ver. 18. _For verily I say unto you_] This is his ordinary
asse...
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Mat. 5:18. "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one
jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be
fulfilled." The manner and style in which Christ taught, as wel...
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_For verily I say unto you_ This expression, whereby our Lord often
prefaces what he is about to say, always imports the great importance,
as well as certain truth of it. _Till heaven and earth pass a...
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ONE JOT; no part of the MORAL law or of the obligations to obey it
shall be done away; nor shall any part of the CEREMONIAL law, till its
end is accomplished....
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Note the emphasis of His assertion: FOR VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, TILL
HEAVEN AND. EARTH PASS, ONE JOT OR ONE TITTLE SHALL IN NO WISE PASS
FROM THE LAW TILL ALL BE FULFILLED.
With a solemn oath Christ he...
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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...
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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...
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_ Amen I say unto you, _ so it is in the Greek, a phrase, as some
observe never used but by God and Christ himself; who is _the Amen,
the faithful and true witness,_ REVELATION 3:14, though the servan...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I
, or one tittle, shall by no means pass away until all be
fulfilled."[37]
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen
I could adduce ten thousand Scriptures of...
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Matthew 5:18 For G1063 assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 till
G2193 G302 heaven G3772 and...
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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,...
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For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
One jot or one tittle shall in no way pass away from the law,
Until all things be accomplished.”
Jesus then makes the strongest possible ass...
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Matthew 5:18. VERILY, lit., ‘Amen,' I SAY UNTO YOU. The Evangelist
John generally repeats the first word. The whole phrase is used by
Christ alone, the absolute, personal Truth.
TILL HEAVEN, etc. Par...
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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...
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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...
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ONE JOT OR ONE TITTLE
(ιωτα εν η μια κερεα). "Not an iota, not a comma"
(Moffatt), "not the smallest letter, not a particle" (Weymouth). The
iota is the smallest Greek vowel, which Matthew here uses...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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REMEMBER THIS. The spirit and substance of the Law will last forever
[love to God and love to fellow man (Matthew 22:34-40)]. However, the
Law as a system of symbolic pictures will cease to be needed...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 5:18 UNTIL HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY. Jesus
confirms the OT’s full authority as Scripture for all time (compare
2 Timothy 3:15), even down to the
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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....
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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....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 3:10; Hebrews 1:11; Hebrews 1:12; Isaiah 40:8;...
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Jot, tittle [ι ω τ α, κ ε ρ α ι α]. Jot is for jod, the
smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet. Tittle is the little bend or
point which serves to distinguish certain Hebrew letters of similar
appeara...
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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...
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Till all things shall be effected — Which it either requires or
foretells. For the law has its effect, when the rewards are given, and
the punishments annexed to it inflicted, as well as when its prec...
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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,...
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Another reason is here given by our Saviour why he had no intention to
abrogate or abolish the law; and that is drawn from the duration and
perpetuity, the unchangeableness and immutability of the law...