Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 5:17-18

"Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished." — Matthew 5:17-18 (ASV)

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 you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

No cross of a "t" and no dot of an 'i' shall be taken from God's law. Its requirements will always be the same; immutably fixed, and never to be diminished by so little as "one jot or one tittle."

Do not think that I have come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I have not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law, until all is fulfilled.

See how the great Lord of the New Testament confirms the Old Testament. He has not come to set up a destructive criticism that will tear in pieces the Book of Deuteronomy, or cut out the very heart of the Psalms, or grind Ezekiel to powder between his own wheels; but Christ has come to establish yet more firmly than before all that was written previously, and to make it stand firm as the everlasting hills.