Matthew 19:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 acknow...
Matthew 19:4 - 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 19:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 settl...
Matthew 19:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 19:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, He which made them at the beginning - When Adam and Eve were the first of h...
Matthew 19:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 historia...
Matthew 19:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 m...
Matthew 19:4 - 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 19:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 per...
Matthew 19:4 - 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 19:4 - 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 19:4 - 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 19:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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...
Matthew 19:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 la...
Matthew 19:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 divi...
Matthew 19:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew 19:4 - 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 19:4 - 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 19:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 19:6 " .
Matthew 19:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 19:4 - 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 19:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

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.
Matthew 19:4 - 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 19:4 - 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 19:4 - 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 19:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 1:27 ; Genesis 5:2 ; Luke 10:26 ; Luke 6:3 ; Malachi 2:15 ; Mark 12:10 ; Mark 12:26 ; Mark 2:25 ; Matthew 12:3 ; Matthew 21:42 ; Matthew 21:6 ; Matthew 22:31
Matthew 19:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 be...

Matthew 19:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 19:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 19:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 19:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 19:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 19:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 19:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 19:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 19:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 19:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 19:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 19:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 19:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 19:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 19:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 19:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes