This saying] viz. 'that it is not expedient to marry.' The disciples had spoken of a worldly and prudential celibacy. This, Jesus warns them, is unnatural and perilous. The only celibacy which is safe and acceptable to God is that which is embraced for religious reasons in consequence of a divine call ('to whom it is given,' viz. 'by God').
MATTHEW 19:11 to.n lo,gon @tou/ton# {C} On the one hand, since the general tendency of scribes is to make the text more explicit, e.g. by adding the demonstrative pronoun, the shorter reading, suppor...
Verse Matthew 19:11. _ALL - CANNOT RECEIVE THIS SAYING_] A very wise answer, and well suited to the present circumstances of the disciples. _Neither_ of the states is condemned. If thou marry, thou d...
ALL MEN CANNOT RECEIVE THIS SAYING - The minds of people are not prepared for this. This saying evidently means what the disciples had just said that it was good for a man not to marry. It might be go...
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...
JEWISH MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (Matthew 19:1-9)...
His disciples said to him, "If the only reason for divorce between a man and his wife stands thus, it is not expedient to marry." He said to them, "Not all can receive this saying, but only those to w...
ALL MEN CANNOT. not (as in Matthew 19:4) all men can. IS. has been....
_this saying_ viz. that it is not good to marry....
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,...
ΧΩΡΕΙ͂Ν is to have or make room for, so (1) to contain: ὥστε μηκέτι χωρεῖν μηδὲ τὰ πρὸς τὴν θύραν, Mark 2:2; ὑδρίαι χωροῦσαι�, John 2:6; ὁ κρητὴρ χωρεῖ�, Hdt. I. 151; (2) to receive (in love): χωρήσατ...
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 10. HIS DISCIPLES SAY UNTO HIM, "IF THE CASE OF THE MAN BE SO WITH HIS WIFE, IT IS NOT GOOD TO MARRY." 11. BUT HE SAID UNTO THEM, "ALL MEN CANNOT RECEIVE THIS SAYING, SAVE THEY TO WHOM IT IS GIVEN...
ΧΩΡΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΧΩΡΈΩ (G5562) вмещать, иметь место для, постигать, понимать, быть способным принять послание и отреагировать соответствующим образом (BAGD; LN, 1:373). ΔΈΔΟΤΑΙ _perf. i...
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...
But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. BUT HE SAID UNTO THEM, ALL MEN CANNOT RECEIVE THIS SAYING, SAVE THEY TO WHOM IT IS GIVEN: - q.d., 'That th...
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...
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...
ALL MEN CANNOT RECEIVE THIS SAYING. — As the words stand, “this saying” might refer either to the rule which our Lord had laid down on the subject of divorce, or to the comment of the disciples on tha...
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...
ὁ δὲ εἶπεν. Jesus catches up the remark of the disciples, and attaches to it a deeper sense than they thought of. Their idea was that marriage was not worth having if a man must put up with all the fa...
_Subsequent conversation with the disciples_. Christ's doctrine on marriage not only separated Him _totacœlo_ from Pharisaic opinions of all shades, but was too high even for the Twelve. It was indeed...
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...
(3) But he said unto them, All [men] cannot (k) receive this saying, save [they] to whom it is given. (3) The gift of celibacy is peculiar, and therefore no man can set a law to himself of perpetual...
All receive not this word. [3] To translate all cannot take, or cannot receive this word, is neither conformable to the Latin nor Greek text. To be able to live singly, and chastely, is given to every...
CELIBACY Matthew 19:10-12. _“His disciples say to Him, If the cause of a man is thus with his wife, it is better not to marry.”_ Since Jesus thus abrogated all right to divorcement except for fornicat...
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...
"His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. (11) But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. (12) Fo...
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...
11._All are not capable of receiving this saying. _By this he means, that the choice is not placed in our hands, as if we were to deliberate on a matter submitted to us. If any man thinks it advantage...
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...
BUT HE SAID UNTO THEM,.... With respect to the inference or conclusion, the disciples formed from what he had asserted: ALL MEN CANNOT RECEIVE THIS SAYING; of their's, that it is not good to marry, b...
But he said unto them, All _men_ cannot receive this saying, save _they_ to whom it is given. Ver. 11. _All men cannot receive this saying_] Nor may we simply pray for the gift of continence, but wit...
_His disciples say, If the case of a man be so with his wife_ If the marriage-bond be thus indissoluble, and a man cannot dismiss his wife unless she break that bond by going astray, but must bear wit...
CANNOT RECEIVE THIS SAYING; namely, that it is not good to marry. If all should, and act upon it, and not break any other command of God, the whole human race, when those now living are dead, would be...
BUT HE SAID UNTO THEM, ALL MEN CANNOT RECEIVE THIS SAYING, SAVE THEY TO WHOM IT IS GIVEN....
The dismay of the disciples:...
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,...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 19:12"....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Ac Valentiniani quidem, qui desuper ex divinis emissionibus deduxere conjugationes, acceptum habent matrimonium: Basilidis autem sectatores, "Cum interrogassen...
Matthew 19:11 But G1161 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 All G3956 cannot G3756 accept G5562 (G5719
JESUS OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY OF REMAINING UNMARRIED LIKE HIMSELF FOR THE SAKE OF THE KINGLY RULE OF HEAVEN (19:10-12). At this point there is a change of scenery. The Pharisees have probably departed...
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...
‘But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.” ' Jesus replied, “Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.” There has been much dis...
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 19:11. ALL MEN CANNOT RECEIVE, OR, ‘not all can receive,' THIS SAYING. This high ideal can be understood and put into practice only by those who get illumination and power from God. As a rule,...
BUT THEY TO WHOM IT IS GIVEN (αλλ' οις δεδοτα). A neat Greek idiom, dative case of relation and perfect passive indicative. The same idea is repeated at the close of verse Matthew 19:12. It is a vol...
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...
11-12. THIS TEACHING DOES NOT APPLY TO EVERYONE. What the disciples had just said in Matthew 19:10. Marriage is normal; celibacy is abnormal, and only those with a special "gift" should attempt to pra...
_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 19:10 THIS SAYING is best understood as referring to the statement IT IS BETTER NOT TO MARRY. THOSE TO WHOM IT IS GIVEN.... EUNUCHS. This would include t
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 7:17; 1 Corinthians 7:2; 1 Corinthians 7:35; 1 Corinthians 7:7;...
But he said to them — This is not universally true; it does not hold, with regard to all men, but with regard to those only to whom is given this excellent gift of God. Now this is given to three sort...
As if our Lord had said, "You my disciples do not consider what you say. All men without sinning against God cannot abstain from marriage, but those only to whom God had given the gift of continency,...