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Matthew 19:1–12 — divorce

Reader: Daniel Agee
Teacher: Jeff [contact]

Thought questions

  • What value is gained in looking at Messiah’s teaching on divorce from parallel passages from the other apostles?
  • What were differences between the House of Shammai and the House of Hillel, two schools of rabbinical thought at the time of Yeshua (Jesus)?
    • How did Yeshua’s comments in general and on divorce in particular compare with those of Shammai and Hillel?
  • Why is divorce compared to cutting, based on the Greek and Hebrew words describing it in the Bible?
    • What did God intend marriage to teach?
  • How did God factor in situations in which the marriage contract is violated?
    • Under what circumstances is the marriage contract violated, according to the Bible and society today?
    • What does the Torah say about divorce?
    • Whose fault is divorce?
    • What does the innocent spouse do?
  • Can divorce bring shalom, Hebrew for "peace" and "completeness" and "wholeness."

 


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