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Matthew 5:17 KJV
Matthew · chapter 5 · verse 17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.Matthew 5:17 · King James Version
Matthew 5:17 in context
15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18For 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.
19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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Key words (Strong's)
- prophetsprophētēsin Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things, one who, moved by…G4396 →
- destroykatalyōto dissolve, disunite, , to destroy, demolish, metaph. to overthrowG2647 →
- Thinknomizōto hold by custom or usage, own as a custom or usage, to follow a custom or usage, it is…G3543 →
- comeerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- lawnomosanything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command, of any law…G3551 →
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Those to whom Christ preached, and for whose use he gave these instructions to his disciples, were such as in their religion had an eye, 1. To the scriptures of the Old Testament as their rule, and therein Christ here shows them they were in the right: 2.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-20