Matthew 19:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. ”

Matthew 19:6 - 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 19:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath (e) joined together, let not man put asunder. (e) Has made them yokefellows, as the marriage itself is called a yoke, by a bo...
Matthew 19:6 - 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 19:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

What . The unity, not "those" (the persons). God. App-98. hath joined together, &c. . joined together, &c. The converse is true also. See note on Philippians 1:1 ; Philippians 1:10 ....
Matthew 19:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. What God therefore hath joined. By this sentence Christ restrains the caprice of husbands, that they may not, by divorcing their wives, burst asunder the sacred knot. And as he declares t...
Matthew 19:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. What therefore God hath joined together - Συνεζευξεν, yoked together, as oxen in the...
Matthew 19:6 - 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 19:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joi...
Matthew 19:6 - 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 19:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

What therefore God hath joined. — Strictly interpreted, the words go further than those of Matthew 5:32 , and appear to forbid divorce under all circumstances. They are, however, rather the expres...
Matthew 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wherefore they are no more twain ,.... They were two before marriage, but now no more so; not but that they remain two distinct persons, but one flesh ; or, as the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethi...
Matthew 19:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Ver. 6. They are no more twain ] A man's wife is himself, εαυτον, Ephesians 5:2...
Matthew 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 4-6. Mark, Mark 10:2-9 , giveth us the same history of this discourse, differing a little in the order of the words, but nothing as to the substance of his discourse. Our Saviour answereth ne...
Matthew 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The answer of Jesus:
Matthew 19:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:10-14 ; Ephesians 5:28 ; Hebrews 13:4 ; Malachi 2:14 ; Mark 10:9 ; Proverbs 2:17 ; Romans 7:2

Matthew 19:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 19:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 19:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 19:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 19:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 19:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 19:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 19:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 19:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 19:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 19:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 19:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 19:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 19:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge