- Bible
- Luke
- Chapter 16
- Verse 17
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
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Gill's Exposition
Whosoever putteth away his wife,.... For any other cause than for adultery, as the Jews used to do upon every trifling occasion, and for every little disgust: by which instance our Lord shows, how the…
Adam Clarke
For heaven and earth to pass - See on Mat 5:17, Mat 5:18 (note).
We mistake if we imagine that the design of Christ's doctrine and holy religion was either to amuse us with notions of divine mysteries or to entertain us with notions of divine mercies. No, the…
Cambridge Bible
than one tittle of the law The word for -tittle" is keraia,the tip or horn of a letter, such as that which distinguishes ב from כ or ה from ח Thus the Jews said that the letter Yod prostrated itself…
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