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He said to them, "Whoever will divorce his wife, and marry another, commits adultery against her.
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A Radical View of Adultery
Commentators highlight that Jesus' teaching was revolutionary. By stating a man could commit adultery "against her" (his own wife), He elevated the status of women. In rabbinic Judaism, adultery was primarily seen as a crime against another man (the husband of the woman involved), not against one's own wife. Jesus placed husbands and wives under the same moral obligation, affirming the wife's dignity within the marriage covenant.
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Mark does not give the exception stated in Mt 19:9 "except for fornication" which see for discussion, though the point is really involved in what M…
19th Century
Anglican
And the Pharisees came to him. (See Notes on Matthew 19:3-12). We are not surprised to find St. Mark omitting the “hard s…
Mark records no response of the Pharisees to Jesus’ teaching about divorce. Instead he moves directly to Jesus’ private teaching of the Twelve, who…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he saith unto them The same things as in Mt 5:32, 19:9; (See Gill on Matthew 5:32), (See Gill on Matthew…
Presbyterian
Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He shows here that the re…
