17 “Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come 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 fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
67 relevance votesLuke 16:17
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
55 relevance votesRomans 3:31
Do we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the law.
41 relevance votesRomans 8:4
that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
40 relevance votesIsaiah 42:21
It pleased Yahweh, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the law and make it honorable.
35 relevance votesMatthew 7:12
Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
19 relevance votesActs 18:13
saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
7 relevance votesActs 6:13
and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
7 relevance votesMatthew 3:15
But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
6 relevance votesActs 21:28
crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place!”
5 relevance votesJohn 8:5
Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. What then do you say about her?”
4 relevance votes