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Matthew 19:8
He saith unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.
He saith unto them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.
Verse Matthew 19:8. _MOSES, BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS OF YOUR HEARTS_] It is dangerous to tolerate the least evil, though prudence itself may require it: because toleration, in this case, raises itself...
HE SAITH UNTO THEM ... - Jesus admits that this was allowed, but still he contends that this was not the original design of marriage. It was only a temporary expedient growing out of a special state o...
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)...
BECAUSE OF. in view of, or having regard to. Greek. _pros._ App-104. SUFFERED. allowed. WAS NOT SO: i.e. from the first constitution down to Moses....
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,...
_because of the hardness of your hearts_ Literally, HAVING RESPECT TO, with a view to the hardness of your hearts towards God. So the law was relatively good, not absolutely. A great principle. Even n...
ΠΡῸΣ ΤῊΝ ΣΚΛΗΡΟΚΑΡΔΊΑΝ ὙΜΩ͂Ν. Having respect to, with a view to the hardness of your hearts towards God. So the law was relatively good, not absolutely. A great principle. Even now all are not capable...
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...
ΌΤΙ (G3754) "по причине" либо эквивалент границ цитаты, ΠΡΌΣ (G4314) с _асс._ согласно, ввиду того что (BD, 124), с намерением (McNeile). ΣΚΛΗΡΟΚΑΡΔΊΑ (G4641) жестокосердие. ΈΠΈΤΡΕΨΕΝ _aor. ind._ ac...
BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS OF YOUR HEARTS— He meant their passionate, stubborn, perverse temper, which was such, that had they not been permitted to divorce their wives, some would not have scrupled to m...
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...
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. HE SAITH UNTO THEM, MOSES (AS A CIVIL LAWGIVER), BECAUSE...
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...
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...
BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS OF YOUR HEARTS] The rabbis regarded the liberty of divorce as a special privilege conferred by God upon the chosen people. Rabbi Chananiah said, 'God has not subscribed His nam...
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...
MOSES BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS OF YOUR HEARTS. — The force of the answer lies (1) in emphasized substitution of “suffered” for “commanded.” The scribes of the school of Hillel had almost turned divorce...
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...
πρὸς τ., with reference to. σκληροκαρδίαν : a word found here and in several places in O. T. (Sept [110]), not in profane writers; points to a state of heart which cannot submit to the restraints of a...
τί οὖν, etc.: such doctrine could not be directly gainsaid, but a difficulty might be raised by an appeal to Moses and his enactment about a bill of divorce (Deuteronomy 24:1). The Pharisees seem to h...
_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...
He saith unto them, Moses (f) because of the hardness of your hearts (g) suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. (f) Being brought about because of the hardness of...
Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you, &c. Whether this was permitted in the old law, so that the man who was divorced from his wife could marry another woman, is disputed. Some...
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...
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...
HE SAITH UNTO THEM,.... In answer to their objection; MOSES, BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS OF YOUR HEARTS, SUFFERED YOU TO PUT AWAY YOUR WIVES: in which may be observed, that, though it was by direction th...
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Ver. 8. _Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts_] _O...
_They say, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement_, &c. “If divorce be contrary to the original institution of marriage, as you affirm, how came it that Moses has _commanded_ us t...
SUFFERED; he did not direct it, or suffer it in any such sense as to imply that God approved of it, or that it was right. It was a civil regulation of a civil government, suffered for a time on accoun...
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,...
Ver. 7,8. Mark reports this a little differently, MARK 10:3 &c., as if Christ had first _said unto them. What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and t...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV There, while prohibiting divorce, He has given us a solution of this special question respecting it: "Moses," says He, "because of the hardness of your hearts, suff...
Matthew 19:8 said G3004 (G5719) them G846 G3754 Moses G3475 of G4314 hardness G4641 your G5216 hearts...
THE PHARISEES TRY TO ARGUE HIM DOWN ABOUT DIVORCE (19:7-9). The Pharisees were clearly taken aback by Jesus' words. They had expected Him to come down either on Shammai's side or on Hillel's. They had...
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...
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...
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...
‘He says to them, “Moses for your hardness of heart suffered you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.” Jesus' reply was that Moses had not ‘commanded' the putting away of...
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 19:8. SUFFERED YOU. The Mosaic regulations were merely permissive, growing out of their sinfulness, especially their disposition to be harsh toward their wives. BUT FROM THE BEGINNING IT HATH...
FOR YOUR HARDNESS OF HEART (προς την σκληροκαρδιαν υμων). The word is apparently one of the few Biblical words (LXX and the N.T.). It is a heart dried up (σκληρος), hard and tough.BUT FROM THE BEGI...
MOSES Thus, confirming the Mosaic authorship of Deuteronomy....
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...
WHY, THEN, DID MOSES? They are saying that what Jesus says does not agree with what Moses said. MOSES GAVE YOU PERMISSION. Moses [by God's authority] permitted some things to be done that were not goo...
_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. ⇐...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 19:8 BECAUSE OF YOUR HARDNESS OF HEART means, “because there was rebellion against God among you, leading to broken marriage covenants.” God therefore provided divorce for deal...
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...
_Moses suffered._ He alters _commanded_ into _suffered_, or _permitted._ Moses suffered you to put away your wives, when you hated them, lest if you could not divorce them, you should kill them. For s...
_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 7:6; Genesis 2:24; Genesis 7:7; Jeremiah 6:16; Malachi 2
Because of [π ρ ο ς]. Rev., for : having regard to. It was not so [ο υ γ ε γ ο ν ε ν ο υ τ ω ς]. The A. V. is commonly understood to mean, it was not so in the beginning. But that is not Christ's mean...