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Don`t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn`t come to destroy, but to fulfill.
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Jesus Affirms the Old Testament
Commentators unanimously agree that Jesus begins by affirming the divine authority of the Old Testament. He explicitly states He did not come to abolish or cancel "the Law or the Prophets." This was crucial to show that His ministry was not a rebellion against God's established word, but its perfect continuation and completion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Think not that I am come, etc. Our Saviour was just entering on his work. It was important for him to state what he came to do. By his set…
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…
19th Century
Anglican
A new section of the discourse begins here and continues to the end of the chapter. From the ideal picture of the society He came to found, our Lor…
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Baptist
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
The life, work, and words of…
The formula “Do not think that” is a teaching device used by Jesus to clarify certain aspects of the kingdom and of his own mission and to set asid…
16th Century
Protestant
Think not. With regard to the perfection of his life, Christ might justly have maintained that he came to fulfill the law: but he…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets From verse 3 to the 10th …
Let no one suppose that Christ allows his people to trifle with any commands of God's holy law. No sinner partakes of Christ's justifying righteous…
13th Century
Catholic
Do not think that I have come to destroy the law. After setting forth the beatitudes to which Christ’s doctrine pertains,…
