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19:1 Yeshua answers about divorce

(Mark 10:1-12)

19 When Yeshua had finished these messages, he left Galilee and went to the Yudean regions on the other side of the Yordan River 2 and large crowds followed him, and he healed them.

3 Some from the Pharisees’ party approached him to test him by asking, “Is there any cause for which a man can dismiss his wife?”

4 [ref]“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that God made them male and female from the beginning? 5 [ref]And then how he said, ‘A man will leave his parents and be joined together with his wife, and then the two of them will be a single body’? 6 So then, they’re no longer two but are now one body, therefore don’t let any person separate what God has joined together.”

7 [ref]“So why did Mosheh allow us to give her a letter of divorce and then to send her away?” they asked him.

8 “It was because of your hard hearts that Mosheh allowed you to send away your wife,” Yeshua answered, “but it wasn’t like that at the beginning. 9 [ref]Now I’m telling you that anyone who sends away his wife because of sexual immorality and then remarries, is also causing adultery. Also the woman who was sent away if she remarries, she causes adultery.

10 His followers made the point, “If that’s the case for husband and wife, it’s better not to get married.”

11 “Not everyone can accept this,” Yeshua responded, “but only those with a special gift. 12 Because there are some men who are born from their mother’s womb without testicles, there are some who’ve been castrated by others, and there are some who castrate themselves because of the kingdom of the heavens. Anyone who is able to accept this can accept it.”

19:4: Gen 1:27; 5:2.

19:5: Gen 2:24.

19:7: Deu 24:1-4; Mat 5:31.

19:9: Mat 5:32; 1Cor 7:10-11.

19 And it _became, when the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) finished the these messages, he _withdrew from the Galilaia/(Gālīl) and came to the regions of_ the _Youdaia beyond the Yordanaʸs/(Yardēn).
2 And great crowds followed after _him, and he _healed them there.
3 And the_Farisaios_party approached to _him, testing him and saying:
- Is _it _permitting to _send _away the wife of _him according _to any cause?
4 And which answering he _said:
You _all_ not _read that he having _made them from beginning:
made them male and female?
5 And he _said:
On _account of _this a_man will _be _leaving his father and his mother, and will _be _being _joined _together with _the wife of _him, and the two will _be into one flesh?
6 So _that they_ no _longer _are two, but one flesh.
Therefore what the god joined _together, let_ man not _be _separating.
7 They _are _saying to _him:
Therefore why Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) commanded to _give a_scroll of _divorce and to _send_ her _away?
8 He _is _saying to _them, that For/Because the hard _heart of _you _all, Mōsaʸs permitted to _you _all to _send _away the wives of _you _all, but from the_beginning it _has_ not _become thus.
9 And I _am _saying to _you _all that whoever wishfully may _send _away the wife of _him not/lest for sexual _immorality, and may _marry another, is _causing _adultery.
And the one having _been _sent _away, marrying is _causing _adultery.
10 The apprentices/followers are _saying to _him:
If thus is the cause of _the husband with the wife, it _is_ not _benefitting to _marry.
11 But he said to _them:
Not all are _accepting the this statement, but those to _whom it _has _been _given.
12 For/Because there _are eunuchs who were _born thus from womb of _mother, and there _are eunuchs who were _castrated by the people, and there _are eunuchs who castrated themselves because _of the kingdom of _the heavens.
The one being _able to _be _accepting it, him _let _be _accepting it.

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Jesus’ Final Journey to Jerusalem

Much like the difficulties of discerning the Israelites’ journey to the Promised Land (see here), the task of reconciling the four Gospel accounts of Jesus’ final journey to Jerusalem into one coherent itinerary has proven very challenging for Bible scholars. As with many other events during Jesus’ ministry, the accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke (often referred to as the Synoptic Gospels) present a noticeably similar account of Jesus’ final travels, while John’s Gospel presents an itinerary that is markedly different from the others. In general, the Synoptic Gospels present Jesus as making a single journey to Jerusalem, beginning in Capernaum (Luke 9:51), passing through Perea (Matthew 19:1-2; Mark 10:1) and Jericho (Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-19:10), and ending at Bethany and Bethphage, where he enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey (Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44). John, on the other hand, mentions several trips to Jerusalem by Jesus (John 2:13-17; 5:1-15; 7:1-13; 10:22-23), followed by a trip to Perea across the Jordan River (John 10:40-42), a return to Bethany where he raises Lazarus from the dead (John 11), a withdrawal to the village of Ephraim for a few months (John 11:54), and a return trip to Bethany, where he then enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey (John 12:1-19). The differences between the Synoptics’ and John’s accounts are noteworthy, but they are not irreconcilable. The Synoptics, after noting that Jesus began his trip at Capernaum, likely condensed their accounts (as occurs elsewhere in the Gospels) to omit Jesus’ initial arrival in Jerusalem and appearance at the Festival of Dedication, thus picking up with Jesus in Perea (stage 2 of John’s itinerary). Then all the Gospels recount Jesus’ trip (back) to Bethany and Jerusalem, passing through Jericho along the way. Likewise, the Synoptics must have simply omitted the few months Jesus spent in Ephraim to escape the Jewish leaders (stage 4 of John’s itinerary) and rejoined John’s account where Jesus is preparing to enter Jerusalem on a donkey.

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