Mateus 19

Mateus 19

Lenski points out that "In Matthew the question about Moses (Mt 19:7) is placed after the exposition regarding the creation of man as male and female (Mt 19:4-6); Mark seems to have the true order. In Matthew the Pharisees raise the question about Moses, in Mark it is Jesus who does so. Mark follows the formal fact, Matthew intends to bring out the detail that this was a question that was always raised by the Pharisees. So in Mark’s account Jesus wants them to speak out on what they have to say about Moses. It was that one passage from Moses (Deut. 24:1) which they imagined decided the entire question. (Borrow The Interpretation of St. Mark's Gospel page 414) Robert Gundry: Traditionally, marriage vows were “consummated” by sexual union. The Bible says husband and wife “become one flesh.” God planned for a man and a woman first to give their hearts, then their wills to each other, through wedding vows. Then they can give their bodies. Then, as the Bible says, they can be naked and feel no shame. We can reveal ourselves, show our warts, both literal and metaphorical. When two people pledge to love one another for life, it becomes safe to give the body. It is safe to become pregnant. When two people promise to love as long as they live, it is no longer a half-insane risk to have a child. But God wants more than “safety” for us. The pledge of lifelong loyalty makes physical intimacy safe. But when the pledge begins to feel formal or dry, physical intimacy both expresses and rekindles love. As the Song of Solomon celebrates love in marriage, the woman says, “I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me” (Song 7:10). We are used to hearing that we should control our desires, but the Bible encourages desire in marriage and for good reason. In marriage, we take the body of the beloved after we have first given mind and will to the beloved. Then we can take another without abusing the other, and we can give ourselves without fear of rejection or domination. That provides the foundation for intimate love. But when we give the body without marriage, the relationship often becomes unsettled, insecure. People fret, “Is he committed to this relationship? As much as I am?” When premarital sex is common, it also leaves people less motivated to marry. Answered (611)(apokrinomai from apó = from + kríno = separate, discern, judge ) to respond to a question asking for information = answer, reply , conclude for oneself, respond; introduce or continue a somewhat formal discourse Mt11:25 Hebr. [cp H6030] begin to speak where an address is expected; answer or return answer which ought to be done with discretion Mt 3:15; 4:4; 26:23; 27:12); take occasion to speak or say, where something has preceded (either said or done) to which the remarks refer Mt 11:4; 12:38; 17:4; 22:1; 26:25, 63; Mk 9:5, 17; Lu 7:40 Friberg - (1) answer, reply, as a somewhat formal response or reaction to a speech, exhortation, question, or request, generally followed by a direct quoted answer (Jn 1.21); (2) Hebraistically, as a formula to control the flow of discourse; (a) continue ( Mt 11.25); (b) begin, speak up (Mt 14.28); (c) answer or often left untranslated or translated as a single verb when combined with a form of speech verb, such as eipen (Lk 1.19), legei ( Lk 11.45), ephe (Lk 23.3), le,gontej (Mt 25.37) APOKRINOMAI - 207V - answer(20), answered(169), answered answered(1), answering(8), answers(1), made...answer(1), replied(2), reply(1), respond(1), responded(2), response(1), said(1). Matt. 3:15; Matt. 4:4; Matt. 11:4; Matt. 12:39; Matt. 12:48; Matt. 13:11; Matt. 15:3; Matt. 15:13; Matt. 15:23; Matt. 15:24; Matt. 15:26; Matt. 16:2; Matt. 16:16; Matt. 17:11; Matt. 17:17; Matt. 19:4; Matt. 20:13; Matt. 20:22; Matt. 21:21; Matt. 21:27; Matt. 21:29; Matt. 21:30; Matt. 22:29; Matt. 22:46; Matt. 24:4; Matt. 25:9; Matt. 25:12; Matt. 25:26; Matt. 25:37; Matt. 25:40; Matt. 25:44; Matt. 25:45; Matt. 26:23; Matt. 26:62; Matt. 26:66; Matt. 27:12; Matt. 27:14; Mk. 3:33; Mk. 6:37; Mk. 7:28; Mk. 8:4; Mk. 8:29; Mk. 9:6; Mk. 9:17; Mk. 9:19; Mk. 10:3; Mk. 10:24; Mk. 10:51; Mk. 11:22; Mk. 11:29; Mk. 11:30; Mk. 11:33; Mk. 12:28; Mk. 12:29; Mk. 12:34; Mk. 14:40; Mk. 14:60; Mk. 14:61; Mk. 15:2; Mk. 15:4; Mk. 15:5; Mk. 15:9; Mk. 15:12; Lk. 1:19; Lk. 1:35; Lk. 1:60; Lk. 3:11; Lk. 3:16; Lk. 4:4; Lk. 4:8; Lk. 4:12; Lk. 5:5; Lk. 5:22; Lk. 5:31; Lk. 6:3; Lk. 7:22; Lk. 7:40; Lk. 7:43; Lk. 8:21; Lk. 8:50; Lk. 9:19; Lk. 9:20; Lk. 9:41; Lk. 9:49; Lk. 10:27; Lk. 10:28; Lk. 10:41; Lk. 11:7; Lk. 11:45; Lk. 13:8; Lk. 13:14; Lk. 13:15; Lk. 13:25; Lk. 14:3; Lk. 15:29; Lk. 17:17; Lk. 17:20; Lk. 17:37; Lk. 19:40; Lk. 20:3; Lk. 20:7; Lk. 20:39; Lk. 22:51; Lk. 22:68; Lk. 23:3; Lk. 23:9; Lk. 23:40; Lk. 24:18; Jn. 1:21; Jn. 1:26; Jn. 1:48; Jn. 1:49; Jn. 1:50; Jn. 2:19; Jn. 3:3; Jn. 3:5; Jn. 3:10; Jn. 3:27; Jn. 4:10; Jn. 4:13; Jn. 4:17; Jn. 5:7; Jn. 5:11; Jn. 5:17; Jn. 5:19; Jn. 6:7; Jn. 6:26; Jn. 6:29; Jn. 6:43; Jn. 6:68; Jn. 6:70; Jn. 7:16; Jn. 7:20; Jn. 7:21; Jn. 7:46; Jn. 7:47; Jn. 7:52; Jn. 8:14; Jn. 8:19; Jn. 8:33; Jn. 8:34; Jn. 8:39; Jn. 8:48; Jn. 8:49; Jn. 8:54; Jn. 9:3; Jn. 9:11; Jn. 9:20; Jn. 9:25; Jn. 9:27; Jn. 9:30; Jn. 9:34; Jn. 9:36; Jn. 10:25; Jn. 10:32; Jn. 10:33; Jn. 10:34; Jn. 11:9; Jn. 12:23; Jn. 12:30; Jn. 12:34; Jn. 13:7; Jn. 13:8; Jn. 13:26; Jn. 13:36; Jn. 13:38; Jn. 14:23; Jn. 16:31; Jn. 18:5; Jn. 18:8; Jn. 18:20; Jn. 18:22; Jn. 18:23; Jn. 18:30; Jn. 18:34; Jn. 18:35; Jn. 18:36; Jn. 18:37; Jn. 19:7; Jn. 19:11; Jn. 19:15; Jn. 19:22; Jn. 20:28; Jn. 21:5; Acts 3:12; Acts 4:19; Acts 5:8; Acts 5:29; Acts 8:24; Acts 8:34; Acts 8:37; Acts 9:13; Acts 10:46; Acts 11:9; Acts 15:13; Acts 19:15; Acts 21:13; Acts 22:8; Acts 22:28; Acts 24:10; Acts 24:25; Acts 25:4; Acts 25:9; Acts 25:12; Acts 25:16; Col. 4:6; Rev. 7:13 Matthew 19:5 and said, ‘FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’? said: Ge 2:21-24 Ps 45:10 Mk 10:5-9 Eph 5:31 be joined: Ge 34:3 De 4:4 10:20 11:22 1Sa 18:1 2Sa 1:26 1Ki 11:2 Ps 63:8 Ro 12:9 and they: 1Co 6:16 1Co 7:2,4 Related Passages: Genesis 2:21-24+ So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” 24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. LEAVE AND CLEAVE THE PLAN FROM THE BEGINNING and said, ‘FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE (kataleipo) HIS FATHER (pater) AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED (kollao) TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE (heis) FLESH (sarx) - Ask for what reason? The historical event of Ge 2:23 is the basis for the contemporary practice of Ge 2:24. This passage is still part of His question "Have you not read..." These were the men in Israel who were supposed to know the Law of Moses. The idea of leave (kataleipo) is to leave behind and separate from one's parents. The picture of joined (kollao) means joined closely, united, "glued together." The Hebrew verb dabaq conveys the same idea, literally describing two things physically sticking together and figuratively pictureing the clinging to one to another, bound by the glue of love and loyalty. (see illustration) As Matthew Poole said "The law of God was not, that a man should forsake his wife whenever he had a mind to it, but that he should rather forsake his father and mother than his wife; that he should cleave unto his wife, living and dwelling with her.” Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on be joined - "shall be cemented to his wife," as the Hebrew dabaq implies; a beautiful metaphor, forcibly intimating that nothing but death can separate them. John