Into the coasts (RV 'borders') of Judæa beyond Jordan] i.e. into the southern part of Peræa, opposite to Judæa.
3-9. The question of divorce (Mark 10:2 see on Matthew 5:32). The Pharisees probably intended to entrap Jesus into some contradiction of the Law of Moses, which might form the basis of a charge before the Sanhedrin. Some, however, think that, as Peræa was in the territory of Herod Antipas, they wished to inveigle Him into speaking against that monarch's divorce of the daughter of Aretas: see on Matthew 14:3. St. Matthew's narrative is fuller and perhaps more original than St. Mark's.