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What Does Matthew 5:17–18 Mean?
Brandon Crowe <https://www.ligonier.org/learn/teachers/brandon-crowe>
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Matthew 5:17–18 is a key text for interpreting the Sermon on the Mount and
the entire gospel of Matthew:

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have
not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you,
until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from
the Law until all is accomplished.

Here Jesus says that not one iota (jot) or dot (tittle) will pass away from
the law. These most likely refer to the smallest strokes of the Hebrew
alphabet, indicating that the Old Testament is completely trustworthy, even
to the smallest detail. This is consistent with Jesus’ attitude elsewhere.

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