Matthew 19:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Matthew 19:3

Marriage and Divorce

1 Now it came to pass, ^awhen Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

2 ^aAnd great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.

3 The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who¹ made them at the beginning ^a‘made them male and female,’

5 and said, ^a‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and ^bthe two shall become one flesh’?

6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

7 They said to Him, ^a“Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the ^ahardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your ^bwives, but from the beginning it was not so.

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Definitions of words in Matthew 19:3:

Also {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Divorce {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Divorce {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

His {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Lawful {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Man {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Man {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Pharisees {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Pharisees {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Pharisees {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Wife {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Wife {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Other definition entries containing Matthew 19:3:

Divorce {Easton's}
Matthew, Gospel according to {Easton's}
Wife {Easton's}
Divorce In The New Testament {I.S.B.E.}
Family {I.S.B.E.}
Jesus Christ, 4d {I.S.B.E.}
Law In The New Testament {I.S.B.E.}

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