Not to Abolish But to Fulfil (Matthew 5:17-48)
November 27, 2019
Alastair Roberts
Jesus teaches concerning the fulfilment of the Law in the Sermon on the Mount.
Within this episode I mention Glen Stassen's article 'The Fourteen Triads of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:21-7:12)': https://jbburnett.com/resources/matthew/stassen,%20Fourteen%20Triads.pdf.
I also advertise Simon Gathercole's book 'The Pre-existent Son: Recovering the Christologies of Matthew, Mark, and Luke': https://amzn.to/2OqEFQD.
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