 | United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services - 1971 - 862 pages
...call for humility and obedience, virtues without which the Christian spirit and peace cannot exist : Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets, said Christ (Mt. 5:17). On the other hand, we have the duty, as friends of God. with tranquil and courageous... | |
 | Enid B. Mellor - 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.... | |
 | Daniel C. Juster - 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 away,... | |
 | John P. Meier - 1980 - 394 pages
...the rest of chap. 5. C.JESUS AND THE LAW: THE STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLE. 5:17-20. [Lk 16:16-17] 17"Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; 1 have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them. l8For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth... | |
 | John G. Gager - 1985 - 321 pages
...New Testament itself preserves a vivid account of Judaizing among the earliest followers of Jesus. "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets. . . . Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called... | |
 | W. C. van Unnik - 1973 - 442 pages
...strange: we clearly hear an echo of the famous saying from the Sermon on the Mount: "Do not suppose that I have come to abolish the Law and the prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to complete". (Mt. 5:17). But what are we to make of the words that follow:... | |
 | 1986 - 224 pages
...33-34, 38-39, 43-44). He challenged those who were bound to the letter to live by the spirit of the law. "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets," he said in the Sermon on the Mount: "I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them" (Matt. 5:17).... | |
 | Lewis B. Smedes - 1989 - 300 pages
...the commandments themselves, he assured his listeners that not one of them would ever become invalid. "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets," he said. "I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them" (Matt. 5:17).19 Having affirmed the commandments,... | |
 | Daniel J. Harrington - 1979 - 166 pages
...statements in the first person singular about the name, origin, essence, status, or function of the person: "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them (Mt 5:17)." Form criticism obviously helps us to understand... | |
 | Donald M. Lewis - 1990 - 328 pages
...could easily happen when no distinction is made between God's commandments and human moral traditions. "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets," Jesus said, "Ihavecome not toabolish them but to fulfill them" (Matthew 5:l7). In his actions, too,... | |
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Do not suppose that I have come to abolish the Law and the prophets; I did not come to abolish, but to complete. 
