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He answered, "Haven`t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
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The Authority of Creation
When questioned about divorce, Jesus's first move was to bypass the legal debates of his day and appeal to a higher authority: God's original act of creation. By asking, "Have ye not read?", He grounds the truth about marriage not in human opinions but in the foundational scriptural account in Genesis, establishing it as the timeless standard.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And he answered and said, etc. Instead of referring to the opinions of either party, Jesus called their attention to the original design o…
19th Century
Anglican
Have you not read...? —The answer to the question is found not in the words of a code of laws, but in the original facts of creati…
Baptist
In His reply, Jesus challenges their knowledge of the law, “Have you not read?” It was a forceful way of appealing to their own boasted kn…
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Jesus aligns himself with the prophet Malachi, who quotes the Lord as saying, “I hate divorce” (Malachi 2:16), and also refers to the c…
16th Century
Protestant
Have you not read? Christ does not indeed reply directly to what was asked, but He fully meets the question that was proposed. It is just …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he answered and said to them Not by replying directly to the question, but by referring them to the original cre…
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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…
