Matthew 19:1

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; FAREWELL TO GALILEE AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN JESUS HAD FINISHED THESE SAYINGS, HE DEPARTED FROM GALILEE. This marks a very solemn period in our Lord's public ministry. So slightly is it touched here, and in the corresponding passage of Mark (), that few readers probably note it as the Redeemer's Farewell to Galilee, which however it was. See on the sublime statement of Luke (), which relates to the same transition-stage in the progress of our Lord's work. AND CAME INTO THE COASTS (OR 'BOUNDARIES') OF JUDEA BEYOND JORDAN - that is, to the further, or east side of the Jordan, into Perea, the dominions of Herod Anti...

1,2 Great multitudes followed Christ. When Christ departs, it is best for us to follow him. They found him as able and ready to help elsewhere, as he had been in Galilee; wherever the Sun of Righteousness arose, it was with healing in his wings....

CHAPTER XIX. _Jesus leaves Galilee, and comes into the coasts of Judea, and_ _is followed by great multitudes, whom he heals_, 1, 2. _The question of the Pharisees concerning divorce answered, and_ _the doctrine of marriage explained_, 3-9. _The inquiry of the disciples on this subject_, 10. _Our Lord's answer, explaining the case of eunuchs_, 11, 12. _Little children brought to Christ for his blessing_, 13-15. _The case of the young man who wished to obtain eternal life_, 16-22. Our Lords reflections on this case, in which he shows t

COASTS OF JUDEA BEYOND JORDAN - The narrative here refers to the last journey of the Saviour from Galilee to Jerusalem, to attend the last Passover which he celebrated. A considerable lapse of time occurred between his last discourse in the preceding chapter and what is recorded here, and several important events have been recorded by Luke and John which occurred in the interval, as the sending out of the seventy disciples Luke 10:1; the Saviour’s going up to the feast of Tabernacles, and his final departure from Galilee, passing through Samaria Luke 9:51; John 7:2; the healing of the ten lepers...

EXPOSITION MATTHEW 19:1 _The beginning of the last journey to Jerusalem_._ The question concerning divorce_._ _(Mark 10:1.) MATTHEW 19:1 WHEN JESUS HAD FINISHED THESE SAYINGS. This is the beginning of a new section of the history, commencing, as usual, with the formulary, AND IT CAME TO PASS. "These sayings" must refer to what was recorded in Matthew 18:1. But St. Matthew's narrative omits many events that happened in the interval between the account of the Galilaean ministry and the history of these last days, that i

AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN JESUS HAD FINISHED THESE SAYINGS,.... Concerning humility, avoiding offences, the methods to be taken in reproving offenders, and the forgiveness that is to be exercised towards them: HE DEPARTED FROM GALILEE; where he had chiefly preached and wrought his miracles, no more to return thither till after his resurrection: AND CAME INTO THE COASTS OF JUDEA BEYOND JORDAN; that is, to that country which was called "beyond Jordan", and bordered on Judea; coming still nearer and nearer to Jerusalem, where he had told his disciples, a little while ago, he must come, and suffer, and die. Rather, it should be rendered, "on this side Jordan", as also in John 1:28 for the coasts of Judea were on this side; so עבר הירדן, is rendered in Deutero

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 Blessing of Little Children. (Matthew 19:13 .) 4. The Rich Young Man. (Matthew 19:16 .) 5. The Rewards in the Kingdom. (Matthew 19:27 .)_ In the first part of the nineteenth chapter we find a continuation of teachings concerning the kingdom. This, we repeat, is not the same kingdom promised to Israel, as it w

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 modification into the debate. MATTHEW 19:3. FOR EVERY CAUSE: peculiar to Mt. Mk. makes the questions as to divorce absolute; Mt. gives it a Jewish and more likely form, having in mind the difference between the view of Shammai that a man could put his wife away for serious misconduct _only,_ and that of Hillel that he could do so for any reason, _e.g._ a spoiled dinner or a physical defect. Jesus lifts the subject out of these quibbles to an ideal plane. Note how ...

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 to him, trying to test him. "It is lawful," they said, "for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?" He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and he said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? They are therefore no longer two, but one flesh. What, then, God has joined together, let no man separate." They said to him, "Why, then, did Moses lay it down to give her a big of divorcement, and to divorce her?" He said to them, "It was to meet the hardness of your heart that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives; but in the beginning that was not the sta...

AND IT CAME TO PASS.. Hebraism. SAYINGS. words. Greek. _logos._ See note on "saying", Mark 9:32. DEPARTED. withdrew (by sea). FROM. Greek. _apo._ INTO. Greek. _eis_. COASTS. borders. BEYOND JORDAN. Perea, east side of Jordan, from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea....