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Matthew 19:4
And He answered and said unto them, Have ye not read that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
And He answered and said unto them, Have ye not read that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
MATTHEW 19:4 kti,saj {B} It is easier to suppose that copyists changed the word kti,saj (which is supported by several excellent witnesses) to poih,saj, thus harmonizing it with the Septuagint text o...
Verse Matthew 19:4. _HE WHICH MADE THEM AT THE BEGINNING_] When Adam and Eve were the first of human kind. _MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE_] Merely through the design of matrimonial union, that the earth...
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...
JEWISH MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE (Matthew 19:1-9)...
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...
HAVE YE NOT READ... ? See App-143. AT. from. Greek. _apo._ THE BEGINNING. See note on John 8:44. MALE AND FEMALE. a male and. female. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 1:27). This settles the theory...
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,...
_at the beginning_ An appeal from the law of Moses to a higher and absolute law, which has outlived the law of Moses....
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...
ἈΠʼ ἈΡΧΗ͂Σ. An appeal from the law of Moses to a higher and absolute law, which has outlived the law of Moses....
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...
ΆΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΑΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать. Семитское использование _part._ с гл. речи, ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004). ΆΝΈΓΝΩΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G314...
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 he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, HAVE YE NOT READ, THAT HE WHICH MADE T...
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...
19:4 them (a-20) It may be translated 'that he who made them from the beginning, made them,' &c.. see Genesis 1:27 and 5.2....
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...
MALE AND FEMALE] i.e. one for one....
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...
HAVE YE NOT READ...? — The answer to the question is found not in the words of a code of laws, but in the original facts of creation. That represented the idea of man and woman as created for a perman...
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...
οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε : the words quoted are to be found in Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:24. ὁ κτίσας : the participle with article used substantively = the Creator. ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς goes along with what follows, Christ's...
_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...
_In the beginning. It is remarked by St. Jerome, St. John Chrysostom, and Theophylactus, that the Almighty does not say of any of the animals which he created, as he does of man and woman, that he joi...
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...
4._Have you not read? _Christ does not indeed reply directly to what was asked, but he fully meets the question which was proposed; just as if a person now interrogated about the Mass were to explain...
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 HE ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM,.... Not by replying directly to the question, but by referring them to the original creation of man, and to the first institution of marriage, previous to the law o...
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made _them_ at the beginning made them male and female, Ver. 4. _And he answered and said unto them_] Our Saviour would not divide...
_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...
HAVE YE NOT READ; GENESIS 1:27. In matters of religion, the appeal must be to the Bible; and an intimate acquaintance with it, and a cordial obedience to its laws, will give one a great advantage over...
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 19:6"....
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV -for this reason, indeed, because He who had "made them male and female" had likewise said, "They twain shall become one flesh; what therefore God hath joined toget...
Matthew 19:4 And G1161 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) them G846 Have G314 not G3756 read...
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 he answered and said, “Have you not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, ‘Have you not read?' Jesus then turned their attention to what the Scriptures did say...
Matthew 19:4. HAVE YE NOT READ, etc. An implied rebuke for their misunderstanding of the Scripture teaching on this point. HE WHO MADE THEM, etc. The historical truth of the narrative in Genesis 1:1...
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...
HAVE YE NOT READ See (Genesis 1:27); (Genesis 2:23); (Genesis 2:24). The passage is significant as Jesus' confirmation of the Genesis narrative of creation....
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...
Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2; Luke 10:26; Luke 6:3; Malachi 2:15;...
He said, Have ye not read — So instead of contradicting him, our Lord confutes them by the very words of Moses. He who made them, made them male and female from the beginning — At least from the begin...
Observe here, Christ gives no direct answer to the Pharisees insnaring question, but refers them to the first institution of marriage, when God made them one, to the intent that matrimonial love might...