Jerome, on Matt 5:17

“Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.”

“This head is closely connected with the preceding. It is directed against the Pharisees, who, despising the commandments of God, set up traditions of their own, and means that their teaching the people would not avail themselves, if they destroyed the very least commandment in the Law. We may take it in another sense. The learning of the master if joined with sin however small, loses him the highest place, nor does it avail any to teach righteousness, if he destroys it in his life. Perfect bliss is for him who fulfils in deed what he teaches in word.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.