Matthew 19:1

On Divorce

1 And it happened that when Jesus had finished these statements, he went away from Galilee and came into the region of Judea on the other 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 And it happened that when Jesus had finished these statements, he went away from Galilee and came into the region of Judea on the other side of the Jordan.

2 And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

3 And Pharisees came up to him [in order to] test him, and asked if it was permitted for a man to divorce his wife for any cause.

4 And he answered [and] said, "Have you not read that the one who created [them] from the beginning made them male and female

5 and said, 'On account of this a man will leave his father and his mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?