King James Version
Matthew 19:8 in the King James Version says “He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the begin...” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.”
Matthew 19:8 · KJV
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He saith”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“unto them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“because of”
G4314a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of,
“hearts”
G4641hard-heartedness, i.e., (specially), destitution of (spiritual) perception
“to put away”
G630to free fully, i.e., (literally) relieve, release, dismiss (reflexively, depart), or (figuratively) let die, pardon or (specially) divorce
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“the beginning”
G746(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)
“it was”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
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