 | Enid B. Mellor - Religion - 1972 - 228 pages
...meant. So alongside his 'But what I tell you is this' (Matt. 5: 22), Jesus can claim, 'Do not suppose that I have come to abolish the Law and the prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to complete' (Matt. 5: 17). The Fourth Gospel takes this idea a step further. Not only does Jesus complete... | |
 | R. G. Hamerton-Kelly, Robert Hamerton-Kelly - Religion - 2005 - 328 pages
...to you' (5:21-2, 27, 28, 31-2, 33-4, 38-9,43-4). and on the other, his solemn assurance, ' Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them' (5: 17). The meaning of 'fulfil' here is best taken,... | |
 | Ralph Daniel Heim - Religion - 1947 - 228 pages
...to your Father who is in heaven. c. Their use of the law and the prophets Mt. 5:17-19 11 "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth... | |
 | Adrien Nocent - Religion - 1977 - 468 pages
...impression soon proves ungrounded, for we are told at the very beginning of the passage: "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them" (v. 17). In what does this fulfillment consist by... | |
 | Daniel C. Juster - Religion - 1977 - 52 pages
...students.29 Yeshua spoke with authority and never rejected the validity of the Torah, for he said, Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass... | |
 | Jay G. Williams - Religion - 1988 - 144 pages
...hides, and restore the unity of the light which the cosmos refracts. HI. The Law THE WAY Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass... | |
 | Johan Christiaan Beker - Religion - 484 pages
...they do; for they preach, but do not practice" (Matt. 23:2-3). In a similar vein, he warns, "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them. For ... till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota,... | |
 | James W. Sire - Religion - 2009 - 184 pages
...with the following general comment about the Old TestaThe Authority of the Bible 121 ment: "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass... | |
 | Allan Coppedge - God - 2001 - 440 pages
...God's law. Jesus clearly rules out this option for his disciples when he declares to them, "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass... | |
 | James E. Gilman - Religion - 2001 - 224 pages
...sense of acting in continuity and solidarity with Israel's ancient covenant. Jesus declares, "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them" (Matthew 5:17). Remembrance endows Jesus' life and... | |
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Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. 
