John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 19:6
Wherefore they are no more twain ,.... They were two before marriage, but now no more so; not but that they remain two distinct persons, but one flesh ; or, as the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, "one body": hence the wife is to beloved by the husband as his own body, as himself, as his own flesh, Ephesians 5:28 . what therefore God hath joined together ; or, by the first institution of marriage, has declared to be so closely united together, as to be, as it... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 19:5
And said ,.... Genesis 2:24 where they seem to be the words of Adam, though here they are ascribed to God, who made Adam and Eve; and as if they were spoken by him, when he brought them together; and which is easily reconciled by observing, that these words were spoken by Adam, under the direction of a divine revelation; showing, that there would be fathers, and mothers, and children; and that the latter, when grown up, would enter into a marriage state, and leave their parents, and cleave... read more