Answer by user49953 for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
I have structured my argument as outlined below, which in large grounded in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5, 6, & 7) and formulated around tree core topics in the teachings of Jesus alone:A....
View ArticleAnswer by another theory for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
Jesus came to ‘fulfil’– clearly means to continue the laws of what had gone before and not change – Matt 5:18 – not ‘one jot’ will be changed.Jesus was a Jew and followed the laws as did his mother and...
View ArticleAnswer by EarthCare for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
Both John the Baptist and Jesus categorically reject the religious institution of the time and confront their mob that bug them systematically. Jesus is simply disarming them by saying don’t panic,...
View ArticleAnswer by discipulus for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
As Jesus was saying elsewhere most of his audience simply had deficient understanding of the Torah and the prophets and also the power of God:You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures, or the...
View ArticleAnswer by RmbRT for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
Under God's law, a wife is under the law of her husband until he dies. God had divorced His wife, the nation of Israel. He promised to remarry her, but that is not possible under the law. So just...
View ArticleAnswer by user49416 for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
The following verses in Luke 16 sound a lot to me like it 'rhymes' with Matt. 5:17-20. Jesus says:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every...
View ArticleAnswer by ארקדיוס for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.(Deuteronomy 18)Prophet like Moses is a unique prophet. He is like Moses...
View ArticleAnswer by Dottard for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
Depending on the interpreter, one reads the famous (and much misquoted) passage in Matt 5:17-19 in different ways. People either read it as:"I have come to fulfill the law" - meaning that the law is no...
View ArticleAnswer by agarza for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?Jesus fulfills the Law in two ways: obedience and prophecy fulfillment.As the perfect son of God, he was born without inherited sin like Adam and his...
View ArticleAnswer by Ray Butterworth for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
Notice the expression "the law or the prophets".This refers to the first two major divisions of the Bible.The law is the Torah, the five books of Moses.This is where God's commandments and festivals,...
View ArticleAnswer by Mr.Dave for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
Romans 5:18-21 ESVTherefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. For as by the one man's disobedience the many were...
View ArticleAnswer by חִידָה for How did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
If Jesus is a Davidic Prince & potential King of Israel, then the Torah (specifically [Deuteronomy 4-30] ) should be his Law.For Davidic Princes, “The-Law” (νόμος) discussed in [Matthew 5:17] was...
View ArticleHow did Jesus fulfill the law in Matt. 5:17-20?
In Matt. 5:17-20 Jesus says:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or...
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