Matthew 19:9

And I say unto you Whosoever shall put away his wife except it be for fornication and shall marry And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. AND I SAY UNTO YOU, WHOSOEVER SHALL PUT AWAY HIS WIFE, EXCEPT ... ; AND WHOSO MARRIETH HER WHICH IS PUT AWAY DOTH COMMIT ADULTERY. See the note at . [Tregelles brackets this last clause, as of doubtful authority-but without sufficient reason, as we think. Tischendorf inserts it, as in the received text.]...

9._But I say to you. Mark _relates that this was spoken to the disciples apart, when they had come _into the house; _but _Matthew_, leaving out this circumstance, gives it as a part of the discourse, as the Evangelists frequently leave out some intermediate occurrence, because they reckon it enough to sum up the leading points. There is therefore no difference, except that the one explains the matter more distinctly than the other. The substance of it is: though the Law does not punish divorces, which are at variance with God’s first institution, yet he is an adulterer who rejects his wife and takes another. For it is not in the power of a man to dissolve the engagement of marriage, which the Lord wishes to remain inviolate; and so the woman who occupies the bed of a lawful wife is a concubine. But an exception is added; for the woman, by fornication, cuts herself off, as a rotten member...

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, not by the law of God, but by the lusts and follies of men; and often people fix what they will do, before they ask for advice. Jesus replied by asking whether they had not read the account of the creation, and the first example of marriage; thus pointing out that every departure therefrom was wrong. That condition is best for us, and to be chosen and kept to accordingly, which is best for our souls, and tends most to prepare us for, and preserve us to, the kingdom of heaven. When the gospel is really embraced, it makes men kind relatives and faithful friends; it teaches them to bear the burdens, and to bear with the infirmities of those with whom they are connected, to consider their peace...

Verse Matthew 19:9. _EXCEPT_ IT BE _FOR FORNICATION_] See on Matthew 5:32. The decision of our Lord must be very unpleasant to these men: the reason why they wished to put away their wives was, that they might take others whom they liked better; but our Lord here declares that they could not be remarried while the divorced person was alive, and that those who did marry, during the life of the divorced, were _adulterers_; and heavy judgments were, denounced, in their law, against such: and as the question was not settled by the schools of _Shammai_ and _Hillel_, so as to ground national practice on it therefore they were obliged to abide by the _positive declaration_ of the law, as it was _popularly_ understood, till these eminent schools had proved the word h...

AND I SAY UNTO YOU - Emphasis should be laid here on the word “I.” This was the opinion of Jesus - this he proclaimed to be the law of his kingdom this the command of God ever afterward. Indulgence had been given by the laws of Moses; but that indulgence was to cease, and the marriage relation to be brought back to its original intention. Only one offence was to make divorce lawful. This is the law of God; and by the same law, all marriages which take place after divorce, where adultery is not the cause of divorce, are adulterous. Legislatures have no right to say that people may put away their wives for any other cause; and where they do, and where there is marriage afterward, by the law of God such marriages are adulterous!...

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 I SAY UNTO YOU,.... To his disciples, when they were with him alone in the house, and asked him more particularly about the subject, concerning which he had been discoursing with the Pharisees, as Mark observes, Mark 10:10 when he said to them much the same things, he had delivered before in Matthew 5:32 WHOSOEVER SHALL PUT AWAY IN HIS WIFE; separate her from his person, house and bed, and dismiss her as his wife, no more to be considered in that relation to him, EXCEPT IT BE FOR FORNICATION; or whoredom, for defiling his bed: for this is not to be understood of fornication committed before, but of uncleanness after marriage, which destroys their being one flesh: AND SHALL MARRY ANOTHER WOMAN, COMMITTETH ADULTERY; Marks adds, "against her"; which ma

MATTHEW 19:9 mh. evpi. pornei,a| kai. gamh,sh| a;llhn moica/tai {B} The “excepting clause” in the Matthean account of Jesus’ teaching on divorce occurs in two forms: parekto.j lo,gou pornei,aj (“except on the ground of unchastity”) and mh. evpi. pornei,a| (“except for unchastity”). It is probable that the witnesses (including B D ¦1 ¦13 33) that have the former reading have been assimilated to Matthew 5:32, where the text is firm. Likewise the phrase poiei/ auvth.n moiceuqh/nai (“makes her commit adultery” [i.e. when she remarries]) has come into several...

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 ...