Matthew 19:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He saith unto them,Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. ”

Matthew 19:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He saith unto them ... - Jesus admits that this was allowed, but still he contends that this was not the original design of marriage. It was only a temporary expedient growing out of a special st...
Matthew 19:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He saith unto them, Moses (f) because of the hardness of your hearts (g) suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. (f) Being brought about because of the hardness of...
Matthew 19:8 - 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 19:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

because of . in view of, or having regard to. Greek. pros. App-104. suffered . allowed. was not so: i.e. from the first constitution down to Moses.
Matthew 19:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts - It is dange...
Matthew 19:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Because of the hardness of your hearts— He meant their passionate, stubborn, perverse temper, which was such, that had they not been permitted to divorce their wives, some would not have scrupled t...
Matthew 19:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. He saith unto them, Moses (as a civil lawgiver), be...
Matthew 19:8 - 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 19:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Moses because of the hardness of your hearts. — The force of the answer lies (1) in emphasized substitution of “suffered” for “commanded.” The scribes of the school of Hillel had almost turned divo...
Matthew 19:8 - 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 19:8 - 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 19:8 - 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 19:8 - 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 19:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He saith unto them ,.... In answer to their objection; Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives : in which may be observed, that, though it was by directi...
Matthew 19:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Ver. 8. Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts ]...
Matthew 19:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They say, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement , &c. “If divorce be contrary to the original institution of marriage, as you affirm, how came it that Moses has commanded...
Matthew 19:8 - 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 19:8 - 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 19:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 7,8. Mark reports this a little differently, Mark 10:3 &c., as if Christ had first said unto them. What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorceme...
Matthew 19:8 - 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 19:8 - 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 19:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Moses Thus, confirming the Mosaic authorship of Deuteronomy.
Matthew 19:8 - 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 19:8 - 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 19:8 - 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 19:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An objection and its answer:
Matthew 19:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:6 ; Genesis 2:24 ; Genesis 7:7 ; Jeremiah 6:16 ; Malachi 2:13 ; Malachi 2:14 ; Mark 10:5 ; Matthew 3:15 ; Matthew 8:31 ; Psalms 95:8 ; Zechariah 7:12

Matthew 19:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 19:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 19:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 19:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 19:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 19:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 19:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 19:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 19:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 19:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 19:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 19:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 19:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 19:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 19:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 19:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge