God gave Moses and the Hebrews the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, which explained how everyone should live to gain eternal life. He affirms each commandment without exception with the phrases, “you shall,” “I am,” and “honor” to indicate the importance of each one. Jesus uses the old law to pave the way for the new law, as he insisted he became man to “fulfill the Ten Commandments,” or the old law. He placed himself and God at the center of the first and second commandment, declaring His holiness, and within the within the fourth commandment as the ideal, holy family. However, he did not only utilize words to reveal the commandments, he exemplified them through his being and by displaying them throughout his life.

In the Ten Commandments,