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Mat_19:8. Πρός ] out of regard to, with (wise) consideration so as to avert greater evil.
σκληροκαρδίαν ] stubbornness of heart (Mar_16:14; Rom_2:5; Act_7:51; Sir_16:10; Deu_10:16), which will not be persuaded to self-reflection, gentleness, patience, forbearance, etc.; κατὰ διαφόρους αἰτίας μισούντων τὰς γαμετὰς , καὶ μὴ καταλλαττομένων αὐταῖς . Ἐνομοθέτησε γὰρ ἀπολύειν ταύτας , ἵνα μὴ φονεύωνται , Euthymius Zigabenus.
οὐ γέγονεν οὕτω ] non ita factum est, namely, that a man should have permission to put away his wife. The above primitive institution of God is accordingly not abrogated by Moses, who, on account of the moral obduracy of the people, is rather to be understood as only granting a dispensation in the form of a letter of divorce, that the woman might be protected against the rude severity of the man.