“Qui dixerunt : Moyses permisit libellum repudii scribere, et dimittere.”
“And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.”
“They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.””
“They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.””
“And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.”
Moses permitted the injured husband to send away his wife, declaring that he had repudiated her. See Deuteronomy xxiv. 1.
3. The fair account they gave of what they found in the law of Moses, expressly concerning divorce, v. 4. Christ asked, What did Moses command you? They own that Moses only suffered, or permitted, a man to write his wife a bill of divorce, and to put her away, Deut 24 1. "If you will do it, you must do it in writing, delivered into her own hand, and so put her away, and never return to her again."
Verses 1-12 Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He here shows that the reason why Moses' law allowed divorce, was such that they ought not to use the permission; it was only for the hardness of their hearts. God himself joined man and wife together; he has fitted them to be comforts and helps for each other. The bond which God has tied, is not to be lightly untied. Let those who are for putting away their wives consider what would become of themselves, if God should deal with them in like manner.