Matthew 19:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bible Comments

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall (c) cleave to his wife: and they (d) twain shall be one flesh?

(c) The Greek word conveys "to be glued unto", by which it signifies the union by marriage, which is between man and wife, as though they were glued together.

(d) They who were two become one as it were: and this word "flesh" is figuratively taken for the whole man, or the body, after the manner of the Hebrews.

Matthew 19:5

5 And said,For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?