Matthew 19:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But he said unto them,All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. ”

Matthew 19:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Matthew 19:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
Matthew 19:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Question of Divorce ( Mark 10:1-12 *). 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 Deute...
Matthew 19:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

All men cannot . not (as in Matthew 19:4 ) all men can. is . has been.
Matthew 19:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 19:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. All - cannot receive this saying - A very wise answer, and well suited to the present circumstances of th...
Matthew 19:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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., 'Th...
Matthew 19:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 P...
Matthew 19:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 19:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 Last Days in Peraea - Matthew 19:1-30 - Matthew 20:1-16 THERE were two main roads from Galilee to Jerusalem. One passed through Samaria, on the west of the Jordan, the other throug...
Matthew 19:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 legislat...
Matthew 19:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 wille...
Matthew 19:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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) F...
Matthew 19:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 mar...
Matthew 19:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Matthew 19:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 wi...
Matthew 19:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 characte...
Matthew 19:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his w...
Matthew 19:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 19:12 " .
Matthew 19:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 19:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 b...
Matthew 19:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 c...
Matthew 19:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

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)...
Matthew 19:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 19:1-40 The beginning of the last journey to Jerusalem . The question concerning divorce . ( Mark 10:1-41 .) Matthew 19:1 When Jesus had finished these saying...
Matthew 19:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The dismay of the disciples:
Matthew 19:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:17 ; 1 Corinthians 7:2 ; 1 Corinthians 7:35 ; 1 Corinthians 7:7 ; 1 Corinthians 7:9
Matthew 19:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 s...

Matthew 19:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 19:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 19:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 19:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 19:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 19:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 19:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 19:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 19:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 19:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 19:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 19:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 19:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 19:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 19:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes