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His disciples said to him, "If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."
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A Radically High Standard
The disciples' reaction reveals how radical Jesus' teaching on marriage was. Commentators explain that, being accustomed to a culture where divorce was relatively easy, they were shocked by the idea of a lifelong, binding commitment. Their conclusion that it's better not to marry highlights how counter-cultural and demanding God's standard for marriage truly is.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
His disciples say, etc. The disciples were full of Jewish notions. They thought that the privilege of divorcing a wife when there was a qu…
The disciples say unto him (λεγουσιν αυτω ο μαθητα). "Christ's doctrine on marriage not only separated Him τοτο χαελο from Pharisa…
19th Century
Anglican
If the case of the man — These words seem to indicate that the more lenient view of the school of Hillel was the popular one, even…
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Baptist
They had come to look upon the ease of slipping the marriage-knot as a sort of relief, and on marriage itself, without the possibility of escaping …
The disciples were puzzled by Jesus’ response (v.10) though they were not astonished (cf. v.25). Jesus, though not forbidding all divorce and remar…
16th Century
Protestant
His disciples say to him. As if it were a hard condition for husbands to be so bound to their wives that, as long as they remain chaste, t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
His disciples say to him Being surprised at this account of things, it being quite contrary to what they had been ta…
The Pharisees were eager to draw something from Jesus that they could portray as contrary to the law of Moses. Cases about marriage have been numer…
13th Century
Catholic
In this passage, it was shown how one comes to eternal life by the common way. Here, He teaches how one comes by the way of perfection. This way of…
