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Matteo 19:7

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7 Essi gli dissero: Perché dunque comandò Mosè di darle un atto di divorzio e mandarla via?

Matteo 19:7 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 19:7

They say unto him
That is the Pharisees, who object the law of Moses to him, hoping hereby to ensnare him, and expose him to the resentment of the people, should he reject that, as they supposed he would;

why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and
put her away?
referring to ( Deuteronomy 24:1 ) which they thought to be a contradiction, and what they knew not how to reconcile to the doctrine Christ had delivered, concerning the original institution of marriage, and the close union there is between a man and his wife, by virtue of it, and which is not to be dissolved by men. Concerning a writing of divorcement and the form, and manner of it, (See Gill on Matthew 5:31)

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Matteo 19:7 In-Context

5 Perciò l’uomo lascerà il padre e la madre e s’unirà con la sua moglie e i due saranno una sola carne?
6 Talché non son più due, ma una sola carne; quello dunque che Iddio ha congiunto, l’uomo nol separi.
7 Essi gli dissero: Perché dunque comandò Mosè di darle un atto di divorzio e mandarla via?
8 Gesù disse loro: Fu per la durezza dei vostri cuori che Mosè vi permise di mandar via le vostre mogli; ma da principio non era così.
9 Ed io vi dico che chiunque manda via sua moglie, quando non sia per cagion di fornicazione, e ne sposa un’altra, commette adulterio.
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