2. And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there—Mark says further ( :-), that "as He was wont, He taught them there." What we now have on the subject of divorce is some of that teaching. Divorce ( :-). read more
5. The transition from Galilee to Judea 19:1-2 (cf. Mark 10:1)Matthew marked the end of Jesus’ discourse on humility (ch. 18) and reported Jesus’ departure from Galilee for Judea. This is the first time in Matthew’s Gospel that Jesus moved into Judea for ministry. Until now all of Jesus’ public ministry following His baptism and temptation was in Galilee and its surrounding Gentile areas. Now Jesus began to move toward Judea, Jerusalem, and the Cross.Evidently Jesus departed from Capernaum and... read more
19:1 withdrew (d-13) Or 'took himself away.' read more
The Question of Divorce. The Rich Young Man1, 2. End of the Galilean ministry. The Peræn ministry begins (Mark 10:1; Luke 9:51 cp. Luke 17:11). The time was now late summer of 28 a.d. The Passion was less than six months distant. Jesus finally left Galilee, and entered upon what is generally called the ’Peræan ministry,’ the scene of which was partly Peræa beyond Jordan, a district extending, roughly, from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea, and partly Jerusalem and Judæa. To this period must... read more
XIX.(1) He departed from Galilee.—The verse covers a considerable interval of time which the materials supplied by St. Luke and St. John enable us to fill up. From the former we get the outlines of what has been called, as being “beyond Jordan,” our Lord’s Peræan ministry, from Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:30; from the latter, according to the arrangement of the best harmonists, His visit to Jerusalem at the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:2), and again at that of the Dedication (John 10:22). To keep... read more
Matthew 19:2 Goethe describes, in his autobiography, how Marie Antoinette passed through Strasburg on her way to Paris: 'Before the Queen's arrival, the very rational regulation was made that no deformed persons, cripples, or disgusting invalids, should show themselves on her route. People jested about this precaution, and I made a little poem in French upon the subject, in which I contrasted the advent of Christ, who seemed to wander through the world for the special sake of the sick and lame,... read more
Chapter 15Last Days in Peraea - Matthew 19:1-30 - Matthew 20:1-16THERE were two main roads from Galilee to Jerusalem. One passed through Samaria, on the west of the Jordan, the other through Peraea, east of it. It was by the former that our Lord went northward from Judea to begin His work in Galilee; it is by the other that He now goes southward to complete His sacrifice in Jerusalem. As "He must needs go through Samaria" then, so He must needs go through Peraea now. The main thought in His... read more
7. Departure from Galilee. Concerning Divorce. Little Children Blessed and the Rich Young Man. CHAPTER 19 1. The Departure from Galilee. (Matthew 19:1-2 .) 2. Concerning Divorce. (Matthew 19:3-12 .) 3. The Blessing of Little Children. (Matthew 19:13-15 .) 4. The Rich Young Man. (Matthew 19:16-26 .) 5. The Rewards in the Kingdom. (Matthew 19:27-30 .) In the first part of the nineteenth chapter we find a continuation of teachings concerning the kingdom. This, we repeat, is not the same... read more
19:1 And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these sayings, he {a} departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;(a) Passed over the water out of Galilee into the borders of Judea. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 19:1
1. And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee—This marks a very solemn period in our Lord's public ministry. So slightly is it touched here, and in the corresponding passage of Mark ( :-), that few readers probably note it as the Redeemer's Farewell to Galilee, which however it was. See on the sublime statement of Luke (Luke 9:51), which relates to the same transition stage in the progress of our Lord's work. and came into the coasts—or, boundaries... read more