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Matthew 19:5
and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh?
and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh?
Verse Matthew 19:5. _FOR THIS CAUSE_] Being created for this very purpose; that they might glorify their Maker in a matrimonial connection. _A man shall leave_ (καταλειψαι, _wholly give up_) both _fa...
AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID ... - Instead of referring to the opinions of either party, Jesus called their attention to the original design of marriage, to the authority of Moses an authority acknowledge...
7. DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE. Concerning Divorce. Little Children Blessed and the Rich Young Man. CHAPTER 19 1. The Departure from Galilee. (Matthew 19:1 .) 2. Concerning Divorce. (Matthew 19:3 .) 3....
THE QUESTION OF DIVORCE (Mark 10:1 *). In Matthew 19:2 healed replaces Mk.'s taught. Mt. makes Jesus give His own opinion, based on Gen., at once, and it is the Pharisees who bring the Deuteronomic mo...
When Jesus had finished these words, he left Galilee, and came into the districts of Judaea which are on the far side of the Jordan. Many crowds followed him, and he healed them there. Pharisees came...
JEWISH MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (Matthew 19:1-9)...
AND THEY TWAIN. This is added by the Lord to Genesis 2:24. See App-107 and App-117. THEY TWAIN. the two. FLESH. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), put for the whole person. App-6....
The Question of Marriage and Divorce Mark 10:2-9 Matthew 19:10 are peculiar to Matthew. St Mark mentions the part of the conversation contained in Matthew 19:9 as having taken place "in the house,...
_For this cause_ The lesson of Nature is the lesson of God, "Nunquam aliud Natura aliud Sapientia dicit." Juv. _Sat._xiv. 321....
ἝΝΕΚΑ ΤΟΎΤΟΥ. The lesson of Nature is the lesson of God, ‘Nunquam aliud Natura aliud Sapientia dicit.’ Juv. _Sat._ XIV. 321. ΚΟΛΛΗΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ. This word and the compound προσκ. in N.T. use are confined to...
THE QUESTION OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE Mark 10:2-9 are peculiar to Matthew. St Mark mentions the part of the conversation contained in Matthew 19:9 as having taken place ‘in the house,’ Matthew 19:10-1...
Ver l. And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; 2. And great multitudes followed him; and he healed...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 19:4. ΈΝΕΚΑ (G1752) с _gen._ из-за. ΚΑΤΑΛΕΊΨΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΛΕΊΠΩ (G2641) покидать. Прист. с гл. имеет перфектное значение (МН, 316). ΚΟΛΛΗΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut...
AND HE ANSWERED, &C.— The accounts which St. Matthew and St. Mark have given of this matter, though they seem to clash upon the first view, are in reality perfectly consistent. The two historians, ind...
SECTION 47 JESUS TEACHES IN PEREA ON MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND CELIBACY (Parallel: Mark 10:1-12) TEXT: 19:1-12 1 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and ca...
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? AND SAID, FOR THIS CAUSE (TO FOLLOW OUT THIS DIVINE APPOINTMENT), SHA...
3-12 Compare Mar_10:2-12. 4 Compare Gen_1:27. See Mal_2:15. 4 Man was originally bi-sexual. Adam had both male and female functions (Gen_1:27). Before the woman was taken out of Adam, the sexes were...
19:5 said, (b-2) Genesis 2:24 . be (c-25) _ Eis_ . lit. 'to one flesh;' with the force of, 'shall become so,' 'be for it,' 'though two persons, no longer two.' see Note, 1 Corinthians 6:16 . There is...
THE QUESTION OF DIVORCE. THE RICH YOUNG MAN 1, 2. End of the Galilean ministry. The Peræn ministry begins (Mark 10:1; Luke 9:51 cp. Luke 17:11). The time was now late summer of 28 a.d. The Passion was...
AND SAID] Our Lord regards the words alluded to (see Genesis 2:24) as spoken by divine inspiration. HIS WIFE] Ancient and modern interpreters find in the singular a prohibition of polygamy. The rabbis...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 19 MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 19:1-12 V1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left the Galilee region. He went to the other sid...
AND SAID, FOR THIS CAUSE. — In Genesis 2:24 the words appear as spoken by Adam; but words so uttered, prompted by the Holy Spirit, and stamped with the divine sanction, might well be looked on as an o...
CHAPTER 15 Last Days in Peraea - Matthew 19:1 - Matthew 20:1 THERE were two main roads from Galilee to Jerusalem. One passed through Samaria, on the west of the Jordan, the other through Peraea, east...
καὶ εἶπεν : _God_ said, though the words as they stand in Gen. may be a continuation of Adam's reflections, or a remark of the writer. ἕνεκεν τούτου : connected in Gen. with the story of the woman mad...
_The marriage question_ (Mark 10:2-9)....
JESUS' VIEW OF MARRIAGE Matthew 19:1-12 Divorce was common among the Jews of that decadent age, being justified by Deuteronomy 24:1. Concerning this it should be remembered that this legislation, tho...
The Pharisees approached Him with a question concerning divorce. The force of His reply is in the words "from the beginning." He had no opinions apart from the will and intention of God. As God willed...
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall (c) cleave to his wife: and they (d) twain shall be one flesh? (c) The Greek word conveys "to be glued unto", by which it signi...
These words were pronounced by Adam. Genesis xi. 24. [sic; ii. 24] --- _And they shall be in one flesh. [2] I translate thus with submission to better judges; yet the sense may be, by a kind of Hebrai...
THE DIVORCE PROBLEM Matthew 19:3-12, and Mark 10:2-12. _“And the Pharisees coming to Him, asked Him if it is lawful for a man to put away his wife, tempting Him.”_ The Jews were very lax in their matr...
"And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; (2) And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
5._Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother. _It is uncertain whether Moses represents Adam or God as speaking these words; but it is of little consequence to the present passage which of the...
chapter 19 carries on the subject of the spirit that is suited to the kingdom of heaven, and goes deep into the principles which govern human nature, and of what was now divinely introduced. A questio...
AND SAID,.... Genesis 2:24 where they seem to be the words of Adam, though here they are ascribed to God, who made Adam and Eve; and as if they were spoken by him, when he brought them together; and w...
And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Ver. 5. _And said, For this cause, &c._] _Dixit, duxit, benedixit_ He or...
_He answered, Have ye not read_, &c. It is thought by some that the chief design of the Pharisees in putting the fore-mentioned question to our Lord, was to make him contradict Moses. If so, they were...
Marriage is an institution of God; honorable in all, ministers of the gospel as well as others; sacred in its obligations; and unless these obligations are violated by one of the parties, not to be di...
The setting now is changed from Galilee to Judea, with great crowds following Him, finding healing from their illnesses. But since the Lord Jesus has been announcing a kingdom of a different character...
3-12 The Pharisees were desirous of drawing something from Jesus which they might represent as contrary to the law of Moses. Cases about marriage have been numerous, and sometimes perplexed; made so,...
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Tertullian To His Wife Book I Let them see to that, who, among the rest of their perversities, teach the disjoining of the "one flesh in twain; "[23] Tertullian To His Wife Book II one discipline,...
Matthew 19:5 and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) this G5127 reason G1752 man G444 leave G2641 (G5692) father...
A PERIOD OF TESTING - JESUS PREPARES FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER - JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM - TRIUMPHAL ENTRY - JESUS IS LORD (19:3-22). Having entered Judaea on the way to Jerusalem for His final visit, Jesu...
THE TESTING OF JESUS BEGINS. THE PHARISEES CHALLENGE JESUS ABOUT DIVORCE (19:3-6). Jesus is now approaching Jerusalem through Judaea, and whatever route we see Him as taking Matthew's emphasis is on t...
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE IN THE NEW AGE (19:3-12). . Having in chapter 18 laid down the principles on which His new congregation was to run Jesus will now begin to lay down the foundations of life in the...
ANALYSIS OF THE SECTION MATTHEW 19:3 TO MATTHEW 22:46. This whole Section may be analysed as follows: a Jesus' testing commences with a question about divorce. b Jesus questions the Pharisees about...
“And said, ‘For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?' ” Indeed that was the only ground on which it was right for a man...
CHRONOLOGY. Shortly after the discourse recorded in chap. 18 our Lord finally left Galilee, passing toward Jerusalem. This chapter (comp. Mark 10) takes up the history after an interval of some length...
Matthew 19:5. AND SAID (Genesis 2:24). Either said by Adam before the fall, and here cited as said by God through Adam as the representative of the race, or by Moses, and cited as an inspired utteranc...
SHALL CLEAVE (κολληθησετα). First future passive, "shall be glued to," the verb means.THE TWAIN SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH (εσοντα ο δυο εις σαρκα μιαν). This use of εις after ειμ is an imitation of...
CONTENTS: Christ and the divorce question. Little children blessed. The rich young ruler. Apostles' future place in the Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Peter, rich young ruler. CONCLUSION: God Himse...
Matthew 19:3. _The pharisees also came tempting him._ These men professed perfection of morality, and of worship; and their object was to tempt our Lord to sin, by giving his sanction to a law of cust...
HAVEN'T YOU READ THIS SCRIPTURE? God's word gives the answer, In the beginning, one man and one woman were joined in marriage for life. FOR THIS REASON. The marriage bond is stronger than the bond bet...
_Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause._ THE MARRIAGE TIE I. Its prescribed limitation. Enforced by (1) numerical proportion of the sexes; (2) evils of polygamy; (3) teachin...
_Some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up._ WAY SEED DEVOURED BY BIRDS The birds devour the truth we neglect to cover. Let us study these birds:- 1. The first belongs...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 19:1 The Galilean ministry has now ended. Jesus and his disciples begin the journey to Jerusalem. ⇐...
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE MATTHEW 19:1-12; MARK 10:1-12; MATTHEW 19:1 And it came to pass, [_that_] when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the co...
1-30 CHAPTER 19 _And it came to pass_, &c. This is the same history as that related by S. Mark (Mark 10:1), by S. Luke (Luke 9:51), and, as it would seem, by S. John (vii. 1). So Jansen, Francis Luca...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 19:1. HE DEPARTED FROM GALILEE.—This marks a very solemn period in our Lord’s public ministry. It was His farewell to Galilee (_Brown_). CAME INTO THE COASTS OF JUDÆA BEYOND J...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 19:1 _The beginning of the last journey to Jerusalem_._ The question concerning divorce_._ _(Mark 10:1.) MATTHEW 19:1...
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and he came to the coast of Judea (Matthew 19:1); Now that is the border of Judea, so He is moving south towards J...
1 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Corinthians 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:4; 1 Kings 11:2;...
Shall cleave [κ ο λ λ η θ η σ ε τ α ι]. Lit., shall be glued. Shall be one flesh [ε σ ο ν τ α ι ε ι ς σ α ρ κ α μ ι α ν]. Lit., "into one flesh;" Wyc., two in one flesh....
And said — By the mouth of Adam, who uttered the words. Genesis 2:24....