Matthew 19:11

See Poole on "Matthew 19:12".

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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...
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 ther...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

All men cannot . not (as in Matthew 19:4 ) all men can. is . has been.
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...
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,...
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...
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 17:1...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Conversation ('in the house,' Mk) on marriage and celibacy ( Mark 10:10-12 ;). The words of Jesus with regard to celibacy must be neither exagger...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This saying ] viz. 'that it is not expedient to marry.' The disciples had spoken of a worldly and prudential celibacy. This, Jesus warns them, is un...
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...
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 Sa...
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 . Concerni...
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 apar...
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...
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 th...
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 m...
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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Period of Testing - Jesus Prepares For The New World Order - Journey to Jerusalem - Triumphal Entry - Jesus Is Lord (19:3-22). Having entered Ju...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Analysis Of The Section Matthew 19:3 to Matthew 22:46 . This whole Section may be analysed as follows: a Jesus' testing commences with a quest...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Offers The Opportunity Of Remaining Unmarried Like Himself For the Sake of the Kingly Rule of Heaven (19:10-12). At this point there is a ch...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.” ' Jesus replied, “Not all men can receive this saying, bu...
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 G...
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...
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 propor...
The Biblical Illustrator

Some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up. Way seed devoured by birds The birds devour the truth we neglect to co...
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 .) Matt...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The dismay of the disciples:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But He said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:17 ; 1 Corinthians 7:2 ; 1 Corinthians 7:35 ; 1 Corinthians 7:7 ; 1 Corinthians 7:9
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 e...

¹¹ But he said unto them,All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 19:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 19:11