Matthew 5:17-20_Righteousness and Jesus’ bible
10/11/24
Matthew 5:17-20: Righteousness and Jesus’ Bible»
Jesus’ opponents doubted his commitment to obey and honor the Torah and Prophets. How does Jesus respond?
Why did some of Israel’s Bible scholars, like the scribes and Pharisees, think Jesus wanted to do away with the Torah and the Prophets?
What does it mean for the sky and the land to pass on, and what does that have to do with the purpose and word of God?
How is the video’s description of righteousness similar to or different from the way you’ve typically understood it?
In the context of Jesus’ teachings, what do the “dot” and “squiggle” [ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κεραία]1 in the Torah represent?
Who are the “least” and the “greatest” within the Kingdom of the skies
How must one’s righteousness surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees to enter the Kingdom of the skies? Where do we learn of this righteousness?
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"The “jot” (KJV) has become “the smallest letter” (NIV): this is almost certainly correct, for it refers to the letter י (yod), the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The “tittle” (keraia) has been variously interpreted: it is the Hebrew letter ו (waw) (so G. Schwarz, “ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κεραία [Matthäus 518],” ZNW 66 [1975]: 268–69); or the small stroke that distinguishes several pairs of Hebrew letters (כ/ב; ר/ד; ך/ד) (so Filson, Lenski, Allen, Zahn); or a purely ornamental stroke, a “crown” (Tasker, Schniewind, Schweizer; but cf. DNTT, 3:182); or it forms a hendiadys with “jot,” referring to the smallest part of the smallest letter (Lachs, pp. 106–8). In any event Jesus here upholds the authority of the OT Scriptures right down to the “least stroke of a pen.” His is the highest possible view of the OT." D. A. Carson, “Matthew,” in The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Matthew, Mark, Luke, ed. Frank E. Gaebelein, vol. 8 (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1984), 145.