Matthew 19:4

See Poole on "Matthew 19:6".

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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 marri...
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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. Re...
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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 i...
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...
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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...
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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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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,
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The answer of Jesus:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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⁴ And he answered and said unto them,Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

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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

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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

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Scofield Reference Notes

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 19:4