Matthew 19:12
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
For there are some eunuchs,.... Our Lord here distinguishes the various sorts of persons, that can and do live in a single state with content: some by nature, and others by violence offered to them,…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
For there are some eunuchs ... - Jesus proceeds to state that there were some who were able to receive that saying and to remain in an unmarried state. Some were so born; some were made such by the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
eunuchs= "unmarried."
for the kingdom of heaven's sake In old days some men abstained from marriage in order to devote themselves to the study of the law, in later times men have done so for the…
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