Mat 5:19 | TNotes | STEP | 5:19 The realization of the law in Christ means that obedience to all of his commands (see 28:20 ) is the only acceptable response for his disciples. • Commandment refers to the Old Testament commands (5:18 ) as now fulfilled in Christ’s teaching (see 5:21-48 ). • the least in the Kingdom of Heaven: Jesus may mean that such an individual will enter the Kingdom, but only barely and with low status; alternatively, some Jewish evidence suggests that he is referring to damnation (cp. 8:12 , where “those for whom the Kingdom was prepared” are eternally excluded).

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‏ Matthew 5:19

5:19 ^a The realization of the law in Christ means that obedience to all of his commands (see 28:20 ^b) is the only acceptable response for his disciples.

• Commandment refers to the Old Testament commands (5:18 ^c) as now fulfilled in Christ’s teaching (see 5:21-48 ^d).

• the least in the Kingdom of Heaven: Jesus may mean that such an individual will enter the Kingdom, but only barely and with low status; alternatively, some Jewish evidence suggests that he is referring to damnation (cp. 8:12 ^e, where “those for whom the Kingdom was prepared” are eternally excluded).