Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
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Gill's Exposition
Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets,.... From verse 3 to the 10th inclusive, our Lord seems chiefly to respect the whole body of his true disciples and followers; from thence,…
Barnes' Notes
Think not that I am come ... - Our Saviour was just entering on his work. It was important for him to state what he came to do. By his setting up to be a teacher in opposition to the scribes and…
Those to whom Christ preached, and for whose use he gave these instructions to his disciples, were such as in their religion had an eye, 1. To the scriptures of the Old Testament as their rule, and…
Cambridge Bible
B. The Kingdom of Heaven is a fulfilment of the law, Mat 5:17-48. Stated generally, Mat 5:17-20.
17. I am come Lit. I came.
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