17 Think not that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill.
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Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Matthew 5:17. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
When a verse uses different numbering in a source tradition, Spirit Nation may show the closest mapped source reference and label it directly on the panel.
Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Μὴ νομίσητε ὅτι ἦλθον καταλῦσαι τὸν νόμον ἢ τοὺς προφήτας· οὐκ ἦλθον καταλῦσαι ἀλλὰ πληρῶσαι.
Μὴ
νομίσητε
ὅτι
ἦλθον
καταλῦσαι
τὸν
νόμον
ἢ
τοὺς
προφήτας
οὐκ
ἦλθον
καταλῦσαι
ἀλλὰ
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
Μὴ νομίσητε ὅτι ἦλθον καταλῦσαι τὸν νόμον ἢ τοὺς προφήτας· οὐκ ἦλθον καταλῦσαι ἀλλὰ πληρῶσαι.
τὸν
τοὺς
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܠܐ ܬܣܒܪܘܢ ܕܐܬܝܬ ܕܐܫܪܐ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܐܘ ܢܒܝܐ ܠܐ ܐܬܝܬ ܕܐܫܪܐ ܐܠܐ ܕܐܡܠܐ
ܠܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܠܐ
- Transliteration
- la
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 1681
ܬܣܒܪܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܣܒܪܘܢ
- Transliteration
- tsbrwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 4
ܕܐܬܝܬ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܐܬܝܬ
- Transliteration
- d'tyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 10
ܕܐܫܪܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܐܫܪܐ
- Transliteration
- d'shr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 8
ܢܡܘܣܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܢܡܘܣܐ
- Transliteration
- nmws'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 114
ܐܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܘ
- Transliteration
- 'w
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 312
ܢܒܝܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܢܒܝܐ
- Transliteration
- nby'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 92
ܠܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܠܐ
- Transliteration
- la
- Morphology
- negative particle
- Gloss
- not
- Occurrences
- 1681
ܐܬܝܬ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܬܝܬ
- Transliteration
- 'tyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 37
ܕܐܫܪܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܐܫܪܐ
- Transliteration
- d'shr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 8
ܐܠܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܠܐ
- Transliteration
- 'l'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 784
ܕܐܡܠܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܐܡܠܐ
- Transliteration
- d'ml'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Nolite putare quoniam veni solvere legem aut prophetas: non veni solvere, sed adimplere.
nolite
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nolo
- Transliteration
- nolite
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 620
putare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- puto
- Transliteration
- putare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 103
quoniam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quoniam
- Transliteration
- quoniam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1134
veni
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenio
- Transliteration
- veni
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2233
solvere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- soluo
- Transliteration
- solvere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 88
legem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- lex
- Transliteration
- legem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 596
aut
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- aut
- Transliteration
- aut
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 509
prophetas
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- propheta
- Transliteration
- prophetas
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 506
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
veni
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uenio
- Transliteration
- veni
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 2233
solvere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- soluo
- Transliteration
- solvere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 88
sed
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sed
- Transliteration
- sed
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1637
adimplere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- adimpleo
- Transliteration
- adimplere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 30
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the Law, so that every one that believeth may obtain righteousness.
67 relevance votesLuke 16:17
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fail.
55 relevance votesRomans 3:31
Do we then make void the Law through faith? Far be it! On the contrary, we establish the Law.
41 relevance votesRomans 8:4
so that what is required by the Law might be accomplished in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
40 relevance votesIsaiah 42:21
It pleased Jehovah for his goodness' sake To give him a law, great and glorious;
35 relevance votesMatthew 7:12
All things, then, whatever ye would that men should do to you, do ye also so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.
19 relevance votesActs 18:13
saying, This man persuadeth people to worship God contrary to the law.
7 relevance votesActs 6:13
and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak words against the holy place, and the Law.
7 relevance votesMatthew 3:15
And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it now; for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
6 relevance votesActs 21:28
crying out, Men of Israel, help! This is the man that teacheth every one everywhere against the people, and the Law, and this place; and besides he even brought Greeks into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
5 relevance votesJohn 8:5
Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such persons; what then dost thou say?
4 relevance votes