11But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. …
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-12)We have here the law of Christ in the case of divorce, occasioned, as some other declarations of his will, by a dispute with the Pharisees . So patiently did he endure the contradiction of sinners, that he turned it into instructions to his own disciples! Observe, here I. The case proposed by the Pharisees (Matt. 19:3); Isa. it lawful for a man to put away his wife ? This they asked, tempting him,…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.