Matthew 5:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Matthew 5:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Verily - Truly, certainly. A word of strong affirmation. Till heaven and earth pass - This expression denotes that the law never would be destroyed until it should be all fulfilled. It is the...
Matthew 5:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:17 to Matthew 6:18 . Righteousness, Legal and Real. After laying down the principle that the Law is not destroyed or annulled, but developed and transcended ( Matthew 5:17-20 ), Jesus...
Matthew 5:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

verily. Greek. amen . Used only by the Lord. Same as Hebrew. 'amen, preserved in all languages. Should be so given at the beginning of sentences. Always (except once) double in John; twenty-five...
Matthew 5:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18. Till heaven and earth pass Luke expresses it a little differently, but to the same import, that it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than for one point of the law to fail The de...
Matthew 5:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1297 THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS CONFIRMED BY CHRIST Matthew 5:17-18 . Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I...
Matthew 5:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven - In the very commenceme...
Matthew 5:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Think not that I am come to destroy, &c.— Because the doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ concerning happiness was contrary to that which the Jews were accustomed to hear, and which their preache...
Matthew 5:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. For verily I say unto you, х Ameen ( G281 ) = 'a...
Matthew 5:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount John 5:1 to John 7:29 . The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20 . This sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by St. Luke ( Luke 6:20 ), that it is best to regard t...
Matthew 5:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Verily. — The first occurrence in the Gospel of the word so common in our Lord’s teaching seems the right place for dwelling on its meaning. It is the familiar Amen of the Church’s worship — the...
Matthew 5:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 7 The Gospel of the Kingdom ("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1-48 ; Matthew 6:1-34 ; Matthew 7:1-29 IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon on the M...
Matthew 5:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

New Heart Righteousness Matthew 5:17-26 Our Lord's mission was not to destroy but to construct. As noon fulfils dawn, and summer, spring; as manhood fulfils childhood and the perfect picture, t...
Matthew 5:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the three Chapter s beginning here we have the Magna Charta of the Kingdom. This chapter opens with a great revelation of its supreme condition. Character is everything. The first word is suggesti...
Matthew 5:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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. In this passage, we meet with the word Amen, or Verily, for th...
Matthew 5:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For verily I say unto you ,.... Or "I Amen say unto you", which is one of the names of Christ; see Revelation 3:14 or the word "Amen" is only used by Christ as an asseveration of what he was about...
Matthew 5:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 18. For verily I say unto you ] This is his ordinary a...
Matthew 5:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For verily I say unto you This expression, whereby our Lord often prefaces what he is about to say, always imports the great importance, as well as certain truth of it. Till heaven and earth pass...
Matthew 5:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of Jordan. No doubt their motives for following Him w...
Matthew 5:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount. 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil....
Matthew 5:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amen I say unto you, so it is in the Greek, a phrase, as some observe never used but by God and Christ himself; who is the Amen, the faithful and true witness, Revelation 3:14 , though the s...
Matthew 5:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Permanence of the Law And The Warning To Observe It Truly So As To Experience A Fuller Righteousness (5:17-20). Having spoken to His disciples of a life which acts as a preservative in the wor...
Matthew 5:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES GENERAL REMARKS ON THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT The aim and contents of the “ Sermon .”—No mere sermon is this, only distinguished from others of its class by its reach and sweep and...
Matthew 5:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:1-2 . And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,- Our Saviour soon gather...
Matthew 5:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:1 . Seeing the multitudes, assembled from six provinces to see and to hear the great, the promised prophet, who had opened his ministry with glorious miracles. But our Saviour looked upo...
Matthew 5:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 5:1 And seeing the multitudes ; i.e. those spoken of in Matthew 4:25 —the multitudes who were at that point of time following him. He went up . From the lower groun...
Matthew 5:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Note the emphasis of His assertion: 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. With a solemn oath Chris...
Matthew 5:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:25 ; 2 Peter 3:10-13 ; Hebrews 1:11 ; Hebrews 1:12 ; Isaiah 40:8 ; Isaiah 51:6 ; John 1:51 ; John 10:1 ; John 10:7 ; John 12:24 ; John 13:16 ; John 13:20 ; John 13:21 ; John 1...
Matthew 5:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:1-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The key to the Sermon on the Mount is found in Matthew 4:23 : "preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom." Before the Lord sat a great...
Matthew 5:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Till all things shall be effected — Which it either requires or foretells. For the law has its effect, when the rewards are given, and the punishments annexed to it inflicted, as well as when its p...

Matthew 5:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 5:18 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 5:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 5:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 5:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 5:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 5:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 5:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 5:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 5:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 5:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 5:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 5:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 5:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 5:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes