Truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one jot or tittle will pass from the law until everything has been fulfilled.
Truly I tell you. Matt 5:26; Matt 6:2, Matt 6:16; Matt 8:10; Matt 10:15, Matt 10:23, Matt 10:42; Matt 11:11; Matt 13:17; Matt 16:28; Matt 17:20; Matt 18:3, Matt 18:18; Matt 19:23, Matt 19:28; Matt 21:21, Matt 21:31; Matt 23:36; Matt 24:2, Matt 24:34, Matt 24:47; Matt 25:12, Matt 25:40, Matt 25:45; Matt 26:13, Matt 26:14; Tue 3:28; Tue 6:11; Tue 8:12; Mark 9:1, Tue 9:41; Tue 10:15, Tue 10:29; Tue 11:23; Tue 12:43; Tue 13:30; Mar 14:9; Tue 14:18, Tue 14:25, Tue 14:30; Luke 4:24; Luke 11:51; Luke 12:37; Luke 13:35; Luke 18:17, Luke 18:29; Luke 21:32; Luke 23:43; Joh 1:51; Joh 3:3, Joh 3:5, Joh 3:11; Joh 5:19, Joh 5:24, Joh 5:25; Joh 6:26, Joh 6:32, Joh 6:47, Joh 6:53; Joh 8:34, Joh 8:51, Joh 8:58; Joh 10:1, Joh 10:7; Joh 12:24; Joh 13:16, Joh 13:20, Joh 13:21, Joh 13:38; Joh 14:12; Joh 16:20, Joh 16:23; Joh 21:18.
until heaven and earth pass away. Matt 24:35; Ps 102:26; Isaiah 51:6; Luke 16:17; Luke 21:33; Hebrews 1:11, Hebrews 1:12; 2Pe 3:10-13; Rev 20:11.
will pass the law. Ps 119:89, Ps 119:90, Ps 119:152; Isaiah 40:8; 1Pe 1:25.
Source: The Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
until heaven and earth pass away…until all is fulfilled. Here Christ emphasized both the inspiration and the enduring authority of the Scriptures. He was asserting the absolute infallibility and complete authority of the OT as the Word of God, down to a jot and a tittle. Again (see the note on v.Matt 5:17), this suggests that the NT should not be seen as a replacement or annulment of the OT, but rather as its fulfillment and explanation. For example, all the ceremonial requirements of the Mosaic Law were fulfilled in Christ and there is no longer any need for them to be fulfilled by Christians (Col 2:16-17). However, neither a jot nor a tittle is erased by it; the mysteries behind them are now revealed in the bright light of the gospel. They will not go beyond the law is what Jesus wants to highlight here. a jack… a tittle. A “jot” refers to the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet, the yohd, which is a thin stroke of the pen, like an accent mark or an apostrophe. The “tilde” is a tiny extension on a Hebrew letter, similar to the flourishes in modern typefaces.
Source: MacArthur Study Bible
Luke 16:17; (watch Mat 21:33).
Source: Hispano-American Interdenominational Translation
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to 185 Mat 24:35; Luke 16:17; Luke 21:33
b186 Isa 40:8; Isaiah 55:11
Source: New World Translation
18 (1) After the millennial kingdom, the first heaven and the first earth will pass away when the new heaven and new earth come (Rev_21:1 Heb_1:11-12 2Pe_3:10-13). What the law covers only extends to the end of the millennial kingdom, while what the prophets cover extends to the new heaven and the new earth (Isa_65:17 Isa_66:22). This is the reason why in v. 17 speaks of both the law and the prophets, while in v. 18 only the law is mentioned, and not the prophets.
18 (two) Greek equivalent of the Hebrew letter yodthe smallest letter in Hebrew, which is shaped like a comma.
18 (3) gr. Keraia, a horn, a projection; refers to a mark used in the Hebrew.
18 (a) Mat_24:35 Luk_16:17 Heb_1:11-12 2Pe_3:10 Rev_21:1
Source: New Testament Commentary Recovery Version
not a jot or a tittle. The smallest Hebrew letter is yodh, which looks like an apostrophe (“). A tilde is a prolongation or prominence in some Hebrew letters, which distinguishes them from other similar ones. What the Lord wanted to explain is that every letter of every word of the OT is vital and will be fulfilled.
Source: Ryrie Annotated Study Bible
yod… The smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet (and); letter stroke… That is, the different strokes that make up the Hebrew letters.
Source: Textual Bible IV Edition
R405 Here the singular verb παρέλθῃ with the compound subject highlights the whole.
BD474(sec. 1) Ἕν is here in an emphatic position; the emphasis is on the number, due to repetition.
Source: Grammar Help for the Study of the Greek New Testament
Lit., an iota
Source: The Bible of the Americas
The smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
5.18 letter stroke. The different strokes that make up a letter.
5.18g Luke 16:17.
Source: The Textual Bible III Edition
Peshitta Bible 2006 Notes:
5.18 The smallest letter of the Aramaic alphabet.
Source: Peshitta in Spanish