Matthew 19:1

Teaching about divorce

1 When Jesus finished saying these things, he left Galilee and came to the area of Judea on the east side of the Jordan.

Matthew 19:1 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 19:1

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these
sayings
Concerning humility, avoiding offences, the methods to be taken in reproving offenders, and the forgiveness that is to be exercised towards them:

he departed from Galilee;
where he had chiefly preached and wrought his miracles, no more to return thither till after his resurrection:

and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan;
that is, to that country which was called "beyond Jordan", and bordered on Judea; coming still nearer and nearer to Jerusalem, where he had told his disciples, a little while ago, he must come, and suffer, and die. Rather, it should be rendered, "on this side Jordan", as also in ( John 1:28 ) for the coasts of Judea were on this side; so (Ndryh rbe) , is rendered in ( Deuteronomy 4:49 )

Matthew 19:1 In-Context

1 When Jesus finished saying these things, he left Galilee and came to the area of Judea on the east side of the Jordan.

2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed them.

3 Some Pharisees came to him. In order to test him, they said, "Does the Law allow a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?"

4 Jesus answered, "Haven't you read that at the beginning the creator made them male and female?

5 And God said, ‘Because of this a man should leave his father and mother and be joined together with his wife, and the two will be one flesh.'