Matthew 5:17 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Μὴ	Mē	Not	G3361 →
νομίσητε	nomisēte	may think	G3543 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ἦλθον	ēlthon	I have come	G2064 →
καταλῦσαι	katalusai	to abolish	G2647 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
νόμον	nomon	law	G3551 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
προφήτας·	prophētas	Prophets;	G4396 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἦλθον	ēlthon	I have come	G2064 →
καταλῦσαι	katalusai	to abolish	G2647 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
πληρῶσαι.	plērōsai	to fulfill.	G4137 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
leads to
- Galatians 3:24
  So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
- Romans 8:3–4
  For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin.…
- Matthew 5:17–18
  Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
- Acts 13:38–39
  Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
- John 1:17
  For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Through
Romans 8:4
so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
leads to
- Galatians 5:22–25
  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
- Galatians 5:16
  So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Through
Luke 16:17
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
leads to
- Matthew 5:18
  For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.Luke 16:17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.Galatians 4:4–5But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,Romans 8:4so that the righteous standard of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.Romans 3:31Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.Isaiah 42:21The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.Galatians 3:17–24What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.Matthew 7:12In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.Hebrews 10:3–12Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,Psalms 40:6–8Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.Colossians 2:16–17Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.Acts 6:13where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.Acts 18:13“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.Matthew 3:15“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.John 8:5In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”Acts 21:28crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,Matthew 8:4Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

Bookends: the same words open and close
Matthew 7:12
PERICOPE/BOOK. 'The Law and the Prophets' brackets the body of the Sermon on the Mount (5:17 'to fulfil the law and the prophets'; 7:12 'this is the law and the prophets'), naming its subject. Verbatim catchphrase.
ASV/WEB text; Wikipedia Matthew 7:12; Theopolis 'Structure of the Sermon'

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