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New American Bible [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew5.htm#foot21 footnote to Mt 5:31-32:] "See [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/deuteronomy/deuteronomy24.htm#v1 Deut 24:1-5.] The Old Testament commandment that a bill of divorce be given to the woman assumes the legitimacy of divorce itself. It is this that Jesus denies. (Unless the marriage is unlawful): this 'exceptive clause, as it is often called, occurs also in [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew19.htm#v9 Matthew 19:9,] where the Greek is slightly different. There are other sayings of Jesus about divorce that prohibit it absolutely (see [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/mark/mark10.htm#v11 Mark 10:11-12;] [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke16.htm#v18 Luke 16:18;] cf [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians7.htm#v10 1 Cor 7:10,] [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians7.htm#v11 11b,]) and most scholars agree that they represent the stand of Jesus. Matthew's 'exceptive clauses' are understood by some as a modification of the absolute prohibition. It seems, however, that the unlawfulness that Matthew gives as a reason why a marriage must be broken refers to a situation peculiar to his community: the violation of Mosaic law forbidding marriage between persons of certain blood and/or legal relationship [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/leviticus/leviticus18.htm#v6 (Lev 18:6-18).] Marriages of that sort were regarded as incest (porneia), but some rabbis allowed Gentile converts to Judaism who had contracted such marriages to remain in them. Matthew's 'exceptive clause' is against such permissiveness for Gentile converts to Christianity; cf the similar prohibition of porneia in [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/acts15.htm#v20 Acts 15:20,] [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/acts15.htm#v29 29.] In this interpretation, the clause constitutes no exception to the absolute prohibition of divorce when the marriage is lawful." | New American Bible [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew5.htm#foot21 footnote to Mt 5:31-32:] "See [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/deuteronomy/deuteronomy24.htm#v1 Deut 24:1-5.] The Old Testament commandment that a bill of divorce be given to the woman assumes the legitimacy of divorce itself. It is this that Jesus denies. (Unless the marriage is unlawful): this 'exceptive clause, as it is often called, occurs also in [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew19.htm#v9 Matthew 19:9,] where the Greek is slightly different. There are other sayings of Jesus about divorce that prohibit it absolutely (see [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/mark/mark10.htm#v11 Mark 10:11-12;] [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke16.htm#v18 Luke 16:18;] cf [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians7.htm#v10 1 Cor 7:10,] [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians7.htm#v11 11b,]) and most scholars agree that they represent the stand of Jesus. Matthew's 'exceptive clauses' are understood by some as a modification of the absolute prohibition. It seems, however, that the unlawfulness that Matthew gives as a reason why a marriage must be broken refers to a situation peculiar to his community: the violation of Mosaic law forbidding marriage between persons of certain blood and/or legal relationship [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/leviticus/leviticus18.htm#v6 (Lev 18:6-18).] Marriages of that sort were regarded as incest (porneia), but some rabbis allowed Gentile converts to Judaism who had contracted such marriages to remain in them. Matthew's 'exceptive clause' is against such permissiveness for Gentile converts to Christianity; cf the similar prohibition of porneia in [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/acts15.htm#v20 Acts 15:20,] [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/acts/acts15.htm#v29 29.] In this interpretation, the clause constitutes no exception to the absolute prohibition of divorce when the marriage is lawful." | ||
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Sexual impurity
HTML Bible / Sacred Name Bible concordance:
Strong's Number | Strong's Name | Greek Text and Scripture |
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4202 | porneia |
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4203 | porneuo |
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4204 | porne |
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4205 | pornos |
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Adultery
Sacred Name Bible concordance:
Strong's Number | Strong's Name | Greek Text and Scripture |
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3428 | moichalis |
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3429 | moichao |
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3430 | moicheia |
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3431 | moicheuo |
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3432 | moichos |
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Matthew's "Exception" Clause
New American Bible footnote to Mt 5:31-32: "See Deut 24:1-5. The Old Testament commandment that a bill of divorce be given to the woman assumes the legitimacy of divorce itself. It is this that Jesus denies. (Unless the marriage is unlawful): this 'exceptive clause, as it is often called, occurs also in Matthew 19:9, where the Greek is slightly different. There are other sayings of Jesus about divorce that prohibit it absolutely (see Mark 10:11-12; Luke 16:18; cf 1 Cor 7:10, 11b,) and most scholars agree that they represent the stand of Jesus. Matthew's 'exceptive clauses' are understood by some as a modification of the absolute prohibition. It seems, however, that the unlawfulness that Matthew gives as a reason why a marriage must be broken refers to a situation peculiar to his community: the violation of Mosaic law forbidding marriage between persons of certain blood and/or legal relationship (Lev 18:6-18). Marriages of that sort were regarded as incest (porneia), but some rabbis allowed Gentile converts to Judaism who had contracted such marriages to remain in them. Matthew's 'exceptive clause' is against such permissiveness for Gentile converts to Christianity; cf the similar prohibition of porneia in Acts 15:20, 29. In this interpretation, the clause constitutes no exception to the absolute prohibition of divorce when the marriage is lawful."