Matthew 5:18 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 18.) Until heaven and earth pass away. The new heavens and the new earth are promised to us, which the Lord God will create. Therefore, if new things are to be created, the old things will necessarily pass away. And what follows is: One iota, or one iota, will not pass from the Law until all is done. It is shown from the figure of the letter, that even what are thought to be the least in the Law, are full of spiritual sacraments, and all are recapitulated in the Gospel.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For verily I say unto you,.... Or "I Amen say unto you", which is one of the names of Christ; see Rev 3:14 or the word "Amen" is only used by Christ as an asseveration of what he was about to say; and which, for greater confirmation, is usually doubled in the Evangelist John, "Amen, Amen", or "verily, verily". The word is used by the Jews (w) for an oath; they swore by it; and it is a rule with them, that whoever answers "Amen" after an oath, it is all one as if he had pronounced the oath itself.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For verily I say unto you, Till heaven - In the very commencement of his ministry, Jesus Christ teaches the instability of all visible things. “The heaven which you see, and which is so glorious, and the earth which you inhabit and love, shall pass away; for the things which are seen are temporal, προσκαιρα, are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal αιωνια, ever-during,” 2Co 4:18. And the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. One jot or one tittle - One yod, (י), the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1856)

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἀμὴν	amēn	Amen	G281 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
ὑμῖν·	humin	to you;	G4771 →
ἕως	he'ōs	until	G2193 →
ἂν	an	when	G302 →
παρέλθῃ	parelthē	may pass away	G3928 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
οὐρανὸς	ouranos	heaven	G3772 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
γῆ,	gē	earth,	G1093 →
ἰῶτα	iōta	iota	G2503 →
ἓν	hen	one	G1520 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
μία	mia	one	G1520 →
κεραία	keraia	stroke of a letter	G2762 →
οὐ	ou	certainly	G3756 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
παρέλθῃ	parelthē	may pass away	G3928 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
νόμου	nomou	law	G3551 →
ἕως	he'ōs	until	G2193 →
ἂν	an	when	G302 →
πάντα	panta	everything	G3956 →
γένηται.¶	genētai	may happen.	G1096 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:25
  but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 13:31
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Psalms 119:89–91
  Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens.
- Isaiah 55:10–11
  For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Through
1 Peter 1:25
but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
leads to
- Isaiah 40:8
  The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
  Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.
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
- Luke 21:33
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.