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NASB | Matthew 5:17 ¶ "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 5:17 ¶ "Do not think that I came to do away with or undo the Law [of Moses] or the [writings of the] Prophets; I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. |
Subject: Is the Law abolished? |
Bible Note: Point well taken. (I will check out Daniel Wallace's piece) And as I stated I offered to concede that point (that Matthew wrote in Greek) in order to focus more on the interpretation of the text at hand because it had little bearing. "The original hearers of Jesus spoke Hebrew" is an important point to make; however, and if that is not an argument, and if you agree that, "Matthew is written with several Hebrew idioms." then you would have to agree that this would be one of them. After all, it is a word for word Greek translation of that particular Hebrew idiom and it fits the context. Your thoughts? Below is the original interpretation to keep this in context: The text is Matt. 5:17 and my original interpretation was as follows: This is a common Jewish statement. It is even used today, and was used a lot in Jesus time. "to abolish the [Torah]" meant to "misinterpret it." "to fulfill" meant to "interpret it correctly." |