Topics Research¶
Question¶
In Matthew 5:17-20, Jesus declares He came "not to destroy, but to fulfil" the law, states "till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law," warns that breaking "one of these least commandments" affects kingdom status, and demands righteousness "exceeding the scribes and Pharisees." What do these four verses actually say about the continuity, authority, and scope of the law?
Topics¶
COMMANDMENTS¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible (exact topic name: COMMANDMENTS)
General scriptures concerning: EXO 13:8-10; 20:3-17; DEU 4:5,9,10; 5:6-21; 6:4-9; 11:18-21; 32:46,47; JOS 8:30-35; 2CH 17:7-9; NEH 8:2-8; PSA 78:1-7; PRO 3:3,4; 6:20,21; 7:1-4; ISA 57:8; JER 11:4; ZEC 7:9,10; 8:16,17
PRECEPTS OF JESUS. EXPLICITLY STATED, OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC DISCOURSE: MAT 5:16,22-24,27-48; 6:1-4,6-8,16-25,31-34; 7:1-29; 10:5-42; 16:24; 18:8-10,15-17,21,22; 19:16-19; 20:25-28; 22:21,34-40; 24:42-51; 25:34-46; MRK 6:7-11; 8:34; 9:35,38,39,42-50; 10:9,11,12,17-22; 11:22; 12:17; 13:33-37; LUK 6:27-42; 10:28-37; 12:12-31; JHN 7:24; 13:34,35; 14:11,15,23,24; 15:2,4,5,7-12,14,17,20-22
Cross-references: See DECALOGUE; See TABLES
PRECEPTS OF PAUL. EXPLICITLY STATED OR IMPLIED IN DIDACTIC EPISTLES: ROM 12:1-3,6-21; 13:8-14; 14:19-21; 15:1,2; 1CO 8:1,7-13; 10:7-10,24,28,29,31,32; 14:20; 16:13,14; 2CO 13:7; GAL 5:1,16; 6:1,2; EPH 4:1-3,26-32; 5:1-6,11,15,17-21; 6:10,11,13-18; PHP 1:27,28; 2:2-8,12-16; 4:6,8,9; COL 2:6,16,20-23; 3:1,2,5,8,9,12-17,23; 1TH 3:12; 4:1,3,5,6,9-12; 5:6,8,12-22; 2TH 2:15; 3:6-15; 1TI 1:4; 2:1,2,8-12; 3:2-13; 4:1-7,12-16; 5:1-14,16-21; 6:11-14,17-20; 2TI 1:13,14; 2:19,22-25; 3:2-5; TIT 1:5-14; 2:2-5,9-12; 3:1,2,8; HEB 6:1,11,12; 10:22-25; 13:1-3,5,7,9,15-17
OTHER APOSTLES PRECEPTS: JAS 1:16,19,21,22; 2:1-4,8-12; 3:1; 4:7-11,13-15; 5:7-12,16; 1PE 1:13-17; 2:11-25; 3:8-12,15-17; 4:1-16; 5:1-3,5-9; 2PE 1:5-7,10; 3:14,18; 1JN 2:15,28; 3:10-23; 4:1,7,8,11,12,15,16,21; 5:21; 2JN 1:5,6; 3JN 1:11; Jude 1:3,4,20-23; REV 3:11,18,19; 22:17
OF MEN: ISA 29:13; MAT 15:3-20; MRK 7:2-23; ROM 14:1-6,10-23; 1TI 4:1-3
DECALOGUE¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
- Written by God: EXO 24:12; 31:18; 32:16; DEU 5:22; 9:10; HOS 8:12
- Divine authority of: EXO 20:1; 34:27,28; DEU 5:4-22
- Called WORDS OF THE COVENANT: EXO 34:28; DEU 4:13
- TABLES OF TESTIMONY: EXO 31:18; 34:29; 40:20
- See COMMANDMENTS: EXO 20:1-17; DEU 5:7-21; MAT 19:18,19; 22:34-40; LUK 10:25-28; ROM 13:8-10
LAW (OF MOSES)¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible (topic: LAW)
General scriptures concerning: PSA 19:7-9; 119:1-8; PRO 28:4,5; MAT 22:21; LUK 16:17; 20:22-25; ROM 2:14,15; 7:7,12,14; 13:10; 1TI 1:5,8-10; JAS 1:25; 1JN 3:4; 5:3
OF MOSES (Contained in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy): - Given at Sinai: EXO 19; DEU 1:1; 4:10-13; 33:2; HAB 3:3 - Received by the disposition of angels: DEU 33:2; PSA 68:17; ACT 7:53; GAL 3:19; HEB 2:2 - Was given because of transgressions until the Messiah arrived: GAL 3:19 - Engraved on stone: EXO 20:3-17; with 24:12; 31:18; 32:16; 34:29; 40:20; DEU 4:13; 5:4-22; 9:10 - Preserved in the ark of the covenant: EXO 25:16; DEU 31:9,26 - Found by Hilkiah in the house of the Lord: 2KI 22:8 - Engraved upon monuments: DEU 27:2-8; JOS 8:30-35 - To be written on door posts: DEU 6:9; 11:20 - On frontlets for the forehead, and parchment for the hand: EXO 13:9,16; DEU 6:4-9; 11:18-21 - Expounded by the priests and Levites: LEV 10:11; DEU 33:10; 2CH 35:3 - Publicly taught: EZR 7:10; NEH 8:1-18 - From city to city: 2CH 17:7-10 - In synagogues: LUK 4:16,32; ACT 13:14-52; 15:21 - Expounded at the Feast of Tabernacles in the sabbatic year: DEU 31:10-13 - Renewed by Moses: DEU 4:44-46 - Curses responsively read at Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim: DEU 27:12-26; JOS 8:33-35 - Formed a constitution: DEU 17:18-20; 2KI 11:12; 2CH 23:11 - Divine authority for: EXO 19:16-24; 20:1-17; 24:12-18; 31:18; 32:15,16; 34:1-4,27,28; LEV 26:46; DEU 4:10-13,36; 5:1-22; 9:10; 10:1-5; 33:2-4; 1KI 8:9; EZR 7:6; NEH 1:7; 8:1; 9:14; PSA 78:5; 103:7; ISA 33:22; MAL 4:4; ACT 7:38,53; GAL 3:19; HEB 9:18-21 - Prophecies in, of the Messiah: LUK 24:44; JHN 1:45; 5:46; 12:34; ACT 26:22,23; 28:23; ROM 3:21,22 - Epitomized by Jesus: MAT 22:40; MRK 12:29-33; LUK 10:27 - Book of, found by Hilkiah: 2KI 22:8; 2CH 34:14
TEMPORARY (Nave's editorial classification): JER 3:16; DAN 9:27; MAT 5:17-45; LUK 16:16,17; JHN 1:17; 4:20-24; 8:35; ACT 6:14; 10:28; 13:39; 15:1-29; 21:20-25; ROM 3:1,2; 7:1-6; 8:3; 10:4; 2CO 3:7-14; GAL 2:3-9; 4:30,31; EPH 2:15; COL 2:14-23; HEB 8:4-13; 9:8-24; 10:1-18; 11:40; 12:18,19,27
Note: Nave's places Mat 5:17-45 under the "TEMPORARY" heading. This editorial classification should be examined against the actual text, which contains some of the strongest law-permanence language in the NT.
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
Compared: - To a man who sowed good seed: MAT 13:24-30,38-43; MRK 4:26-29 - To a granule of mustard seed: MAT 13:31,32; MRK 4:30,31; LUK 13:18,19 - To leaven (yeast): MAT 13:33; LUK 13:21 - To a treasure: MAT 13:44 - To a pearl: MAT 13:45 - To a net: MAT 13:47-50 - To a king who called his servants for a reckoning: MAT 18:23-35 - To a householder: MAT 20:1-16 - To a king who made a marriage feast for his son: MAT 22:2-14; LUK 14:16-24 - To ten virgins: MAT 25:1-13 - To a man traveling into a far country: MAT 25:14-30; LUK 19:12-27 - My kingdom is not of this world: JHN 18:36 - Children of the: MAT 18:3; 19:14; MRK 10:14; LUK 18:16 - Rich people cannot enter: MAT 19:23,24; MRK 10:23-25; LUK 18:24,25,29,30 - Keys of: MAT 16:19 - Good news of: LUK 8:1 - Mysteries of: LUK 8:10 - Does not consist of meat and drink: ROM 14:17
PHARISEES¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
- A sect of the Jews: ACT 15:5
- Doctrines of: MAT 15:9
- Concerning the resurrection: ACT 23:6,8
- Association with publicans and sinners: MAT 9:11-13
Traditions of, in regard to: - Fasting: MAT 9:14; LUK 18:12 - The washing of hands: MAT 15:1-3; MRK 7:1-15 - The duties of children to parents: MAT 15:4-9 - The Sabbath: MAT 12:2-8
Hypocrisy of, reproved: - By John: MAT 3:7-10 - By Jesus: MAT 6:2-8,16-18; 15:1-9; 16:1-12; 21:33-46; 23:2-33; LUK 11:14-54; 12:1; 15:1-9
Reject: - John: LUK 7:30 - Christ: MAT 12:38,39; 15:12; JHN 7:48
- Come to Jesus with questions: MAT 19:3; 22:15-22
- They minister to Jesus: LUK 7:36; 11:37; 14:1
- Become disciples of Jesus: JHN 3:1; ACT 15:5; 22:3
- Paul, a Pharisee: ACT 23:6; 26:5
RIGHTEOUSNESS¶
Source: Nave's Topical Bible
- By faith: GEN 15:6; ROM 4:3,5,9,11,13,20,22,24
- Garment of: JOB 29:14; MAT 22:11-14
- Counted for the sake of obedience: DEU 6:25; JOB 33:26
FRUITS OF: DEU 6:25; JOS 22:31; PSA 1:3; 15:1-5; 24:3-5; 101:3,4; 106:3; 112:4-8; PRO 2:5-20; 10:2,16; 11:5,6,18,19,30; 12:28; 13:6; 14:34; 21:3; 29:7; ISA 28:17; 32:16-18; 33:15-17; 55:12,13; 58:6-14; 62:1; EZK 18:5-9; 33:15; DAN 12:3; HOS 10:12; MAL 3:3; 4:2; MAT 5:20; 12:35,50; MRK 3:33-35; LUK 3:10-14; 8:15; JHN 3:21,33; 8:47,49; 13:35; 14:21-24; 15:4,5,8,12; ACT 9:36; 11:29,30; 19:19; ROM 5:1-5; 6:19-22; 7:4-6; 8:4-6; 14:17-19; 15:1-7; 1CO 4:19,20; 12:3; 13:1-13; 2CO 2:17; 7:10,11; 9:10; 10:5; 13:5; GAL 4:6; 5:22,23; 6:7,8; EPH 1:13,14; 5:9; PHP 1:11,27-29; 2:13; 3:12-14; 4:11-13; COL 1:12,13; 3:3,5,9-17; 1TH 1:3,9,10; 2TH 1:3-5; 1TI 2:9,10; 5:9,10; 2TI 2:22; 4:6-8; TIT 2:2,11,12; 3:14; PHM 1:5,6; JAS 1:27; 2:14-26; 3:11-18; 1PE 3:1-11,14; 4:2; 2PE 1:5-9; 1JN 2:3-6,10,11,24,29; 3:3,6,7,9-11,14,17-24; 4:4-21; 5:1-5,10,13,18; 2JN 1:9; 3JN 1:11; REV 2:2,3,19
SYMBOLIZED: EZK 47:12; REV 22:2
Related Topics Discovered¶
DECALOGUE¶
(See entry above -- Nave's cross-references COMMANDMENTS to DECALOGUE)
LAW (General)¶
General scriptures on the law: PSA 19:7-9; 119:1-8; PRO 28:4,5; MAT 22:21; LUK 16:17; ROM 2:14,15; 7:7,12,14; 13:10; 1TI 1:5,8-10; JAS 1:25; 1JN 3:4; 5:3