Mat 19:3 Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?"
Mat 19:4 "Have you not read," He replied, "that He who made them 'MADE THEM' from the beginning 'MALE AND FEMALE,
Mat 19:5 AND SAID, FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE UNITED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BE ONE'?
Mat 19:6 Thus they are no longer two, but 'one'! What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
Mat 19:7 "Why then," said they, "did Moses command the husband to give her 'a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?"
Mat 19:8 "Moses," He replied, "in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not been so from the beginning.
Mat 19:9 And I tell you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."
Mat 19:10 "If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife," said the disciples to Him, "it is better not to marry."
Mat 19:11 "It is not every man," He replied, "who can receive this teaching, but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed.
Comments verse by verse
Mat 19:3 Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?"
Notes
to put Him to the proof by the question -Tempting him - to get him, if possible, to express an opinion that should involve him in difficulty.Barnes
Trying what answer he would give to a question, which, however decided by him, would expose him to censure.A.C.
Mat 19:4 "Have you not read," Jesus replied, "that He who made them 'MADE THEM' from the beginning 'MALE AND FEMALE,
Notes:
And he answered and said ... - Instead of referring to the opinions of either party, Jesus called their attention to the original design of marriage, to the authority of Moses an authority acknowledged by them both.
Have ye not read? - Gen_1:27; Gen_2:21-22. “And said, For this cause,” etc., Gen_2:24. That is, God, at the beginning, made but one man and one woman: their posterity should learn that the original intention of marriage was that a man should have but one wife.
Mat 19:5 AND SAID, FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE UNITED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BE ONE'?
Mat 19:6 Thus they are no longer two, but 'one'! What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
Notes:
FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER
Marriage is a Leaving officially of parents, leaving parents behind, a forsaking. The filial relationship changes completely when a couple marry. It is no longer Father/Mother/and son or daughter, but husband and wife. This is a completely new unit or union. The marriages where either member continues to hold to their parents will eventually lead to trouble and interference.
BE UNITED TO HIS WIFE
united G4347 προσκολλάω proskollaō
Thayer Definition: 1) to glue upon, glue to 2) to join one’s self to closely, cleave to, stick to
And shall cleave unto his wife - The word “cleave” denotes a union of the firmest kind. It is in the original taken from gluing, and means so firmly to adhere together that nothing can separate them.
And THE TWO SHALL BE ONE'
And they twain shall be one flesh? - Not only meaning, that they should be considered as one body, but also as two souls in one body, with a complete union of interests, and an indissoluble partnership of life and fortune, comfort and support, desires and inclinations, joys and sorrows. Farther, it appears to me, that the words in Gen_2:24, לבסר אחד lebasar achad, [a compound unity] for one flesh, which our Lord literally translates, mean also, that children, compounded as it were of both, should be the product of the matrimonial connection. Thus, they two (man and woman) shall be for the producing of one flesh, the very same kind of human creature with themselves. See the note on Gen_2:24. A.C.
Matt 19:6b What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."
Marriage is a joining together by GOD. It is not a human institution at all for God created Adam and Eve and joined them together. Modern man in defiance of God and His Authority in the earth, even when He set up this whole order of things, is trying to redefine the meaning of marriage. What arrogance, what defiance. Remember Sodom.
Joined together Συνεζευξεν, yoked together, as oxen in the plough, where each must pull equally, in order to bring it on.
Let not man separate
A friend of mine married and then after three children divorced his first wife and married a younger woman. He visited his first wife when she was dying of cancer. Wow he found that the bond was still there and that he had really done the wrong thing. His children were greatly distressed by the whole affair.
Let not man separate WNT Let not man put asunder KJV Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man. BBE
RWP What therefore God hath joined together (ho oun ho theos sunezeuxen). Note “what,” not “whom.” The marriage relation God has made.
“The creation of sex, and the high doctrine as to the cohesion it produces between man and woman, laid down in Gen., interdict separation” (Bruce). The word for “joined together” means “yoked together,” a common verb for marriage in ancient Greek. It is the timeless aorist indicative (sunezeuxen), true always.
Mat 19:7 "Why then," said they, "did Moses command the husband to give her 'a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?"
Mat 19:8 "Moses," He replied, "in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not been so from the beginning. WNT
the hardness of your nature WNT because of your hard hearts,BBE on account of the
hardness of your heart, Murdock]
Strongs G4641 σκληροκαρδία sklērokardia
sklay-rok-ar-dee'-ah
Feminine of a compound of G4642 and G2588; hard heartedness, that is, (specifically) destitution of (spiritual) perception: - hardness of heart.
Mat 19:9 And I tell you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."
I say unto you. We have here Christ's law of divorce in contrast with that of Moses.
Except for unfaithfulness [adultery]. There is only one sufficient cause of divorce; that is, unfaithfulness to the marriage relation.
Committeth adultery. Because he is married still to his former wife, who is still his wife in spite of the divorce; so, too, if any man marries the divorced woman, he marries another man's wife.
Mat 19:10 "If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife," said the disciples to Him, "it is better not to marry."
Mat 19:11 "It is not every man," He replied, "who can receive this teaching, but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed. PNT
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