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Christian Women Deserve Honor and RespectThe Watchtower—1995 | July 15
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According to Mark’s account, Jesus said: “Whoever divorces his wife [except on the ground of fornication] and marries another commits adultery against her,
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Christian Women Deserve Honor and RespectThe Watchtower—1995 | July 15
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12. By the words “commits adultery against her,” what concept was Jesus introducing?
12 Second, by the expression “commits adultery against her,” Jesus introduced a view that was not recognized in the rabbinic courts—the concept of a husband’s committing adultery against his wife. Explains The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: “In rabbinic Judaism a woman by infidelity could commit adultery against her husband; and a man, by having sexual relations with another man’s wife, could commit adultery against him. But a man could never commit adultery against his wife, no matter what he did. Jesus, by putting the husband under the same moral obligation as the wife, raised the status and dignity of women.”
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