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But from the beginning of the creation, `God made them male and female.
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God's Original Blueprint
Commentators explain that by referencing "the beginning of the creation," Jesus bypasses the Mosaic law on divorce to establish a higher principle. He argues that God's original, perfect design for marriage, established at creation, is a lifelong, unbroken union, not a temporary convenience.
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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…
Jesus did not question the law. But his answer reaches back to first principles. Moses’ permission to divorce was an accommodation to human weaknes…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But from the beginning of the creation Of the world, or of man: (Mlwe lv wtyyrb tlxtm) ,…
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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…
