Verse 17
Think not, &c. = Deem not for a moment. A very necessary warning against making this mount another Sinai, and promulgating the laws of the kingdom proclaimed in and from Matthew 4:17 .
I am come = I have come. Implying former existence. Compare Matthew 8:10 .
destroy = pull down, as in Matthew 26:61 .
the law. The first of fifteen references to the Law by Christ (Matthew 5:17 , Matthew 5:18 ; Matthew 7:12 ; Matthew 11:13 ; Matthew 12:5 ; Matthew 22:40 ; Matthew 23:23 .Luke 10:26 ; Luke 16:6 , Luke 16:17 ; Luke 24:44 .John 7:19 , John 7:19 , John 7:23 ; John 8:17 ; John 10:34 ; John 15:25 ), five of these coupled with "Moses".
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