For the purpose of biblical adultery, the Israelite Bible does not distinguish between legal union (marriage) and wedlock union, as the pagan world does.
For the purpose of biblical adultery, the Israelite Bible does not distinguish between legal union (marriage) and wedlock union, as the pagan world does.
Before Jesus, biblical adultery was having sex with the woman of another man and both the man and woman were supposed to be killed (Leviticus 10:20).
Leviticus 20:10 ASV
(10) And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Before Jesus, putting away (divorcing) of a woman was simple: if you stopped loving or liking the woman for any reason, you give to her a certificate saying that she did not do anything wrong to become single (Deuteronomy 24:1-4). For, if the Law of Moses was enforced, some could have looked into killing her for having sex with another man (biblical adultery) while she was with another man.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4 records the unconditional divorcing of a woman by a man and the forbiddance for the man to remarry the woman whom she divorced, if she has been with another man, whether that other man is alive or dead.
HOWEVER, JESUS FORBIDS DIVORCE (MARK 10:9) IF THERE IS NO FORNICATION AND EXPANDS BIBLICAL ADULTERY TO INCLUDE MORE THAN HAVING SEX WITH THE WOMAN OF ANOTHER MAN (Leviticus 20:10).
I. Biblical adultery becomes leaving a woman to take another woman without the cause of fornication (Matthew 19:8-9, Mark 10:11, Luke 16:18).
II. Biblical adultery becomes being with a man who left a woman to take another woman without the cause of fornication (Matthew 19:9, Luke 16;18).
III. Biblical adultery becomes being with a woman who was let go for cause of fornication (Mathew 5:32).
IV. Biblical adultery becomes being with a woman who let go her man (Mark 10:12).
V Biblical adultery becomes leaving a man to take another man without the cause of fornication (Mark 10:12).
VI. Biblical adultery becomes the lusting after a woman or desiring her in the heart (Matthew 5:27-28).
VII. What about the case of the woman who was dismissed or was left for another woman without any cause of adultery or fornication (the innocent Mosaic woman of Deuteronomy 24:1-2 who was allowed by God Jesus be with another man)? Does Jesus make her guilty for having become 'adultered' by the man who left her without cause?
Leviticus 20:10 ASV
(10) And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Mark 10:11-12 Cesaire Literal Translation
(11) And He says to them if ever one dismisses the woman of him and takes other he adulters (up)on this one.
(12) and if this one dismissing her man takes other she adulters.
The taboo question in many biblical religious cultures is, 'At the Exodus, after Abraham, Isaac, Jacob (Israel) until today, does Jesus (God) condemn for adultery the man who takes another legal single woman without dismissing his current woman, keeping in mind Deuteronomy 4:2, 5:32, Matthew 5:17-18, Luke 16:27-31, Revelation 14:12?'
Some religious circles teach that the polygamists in the Israelite Bible were all adulters except that God Jesus excused or winked at their adultery. They cite the biblical text of Acts 17:30 to support the accusation that God can compromise with sin. Ezekiel 33:13 makes it clear that God does not excuse any iniquity or sin. King David was punished for his adultery with Bathsheba.
The English language speaks of 'commit adultery with a woman' but the Greek language speaks of 'adultering a woman' in his heart and 'adultering (up) on a woman'.
QUESTIONS:
Does the unphysical adultery of the man have any consequence for the woman (adultered or adulteress) to make her a persona non grata who is ineligible for remarriage?
If the man physically adulters the woman of another man, does that make his own unloosed woman adultered or an adulteress?
Greek μοιχός (moichos) = adulterer (James 4:4)
Greek μοιχαλις (moichalis) = adulteress (James 4:4)
Greek μοιχευθηναι = adultered (Matthew 5:32)
Does 'adultering a woman' (Greek) in his heart makes the woman adultered or an adulteress even unbeknownst to her?
Matthew 5:27-28 ASV
(27) Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
(28) but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
IF WE FAIL TO UNDERSTAND BIBLICAL MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE BUT CHOOSE IGNORANCE, WE RISK TO LOSE OUR SALVATION TO BURN AND BE TORMENTED WITH SATAN DAY AND NIGHT BECAUSE OF ADULTERY AND FORNICATION. FOR, NO SIN OR NO IGNORANCE CAN BE EXCUSED.
In the Pentateuch, adultery was simply sex with the woman (not wife) of another man (not husband).
In the New Testament, Jesus forbids breaking up a couple. Jesus added to adultery the desire or lust in the heart of the man after a woman, the letting loose of the other from the man or from the woman for any reason other than fornication, and the cleaving to a woman who was let loose. Adultery, in the Bible, is not the same as fornication, according to 1 Corinthians 5:1.
(10) And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
(27) Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery: (28) but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 5:32 ASV
(32) but I say unto you, that every one that putteth away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, maketh her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away committeth adultery.
Mark 10:11-12 ASV
(11) And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her [Gr. this one, the another]:
(12) and if she herself [Gr. this one, the another] shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.
Mark 10:11-12 CLV
(11) And He is saying to them, "Whosoever should be dismissing his wife and should be marrying another is committing adultery against [around] her [the new woman]." (12) And if she [the new woman], dismissing her husband, should ever be marrying another, she is committing adultery."
Are the translations of the New Testament telling all the truth on remarriage? Translations sometimes fail to transmit all the nuances of the original tongues (Matthew 28:1 is an example) whether it because of a lack of genius of the language or because of the malicious intention of the translators (Matthew 28:1, Luke 2:2). Mark 10:11-12 seems to share the responsibility of a breakup equally to both the man and the woman, as if in the breakup both parties are guilty of adultery, making them both adulterers in case they remarry. However, in the breakup of Mark 10:11-12, the man sins against the woman but why does the woman not sin against the man? If the man sins against the woman, according to the translations, the woman should not be considered as already 'adultered' to another man. Are the translations missing something?
Mark 10:2-12 ASV
(2) And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him.
(3) And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
(4) And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
(5) But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
(6) But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.
(7) For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;
(8) and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.
(9) What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
(10) And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter.
(11) And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
(12) and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.
Which woman commits adultery in verses 11 and 12? The previous dismissed woman who did not commit adultery with another man or the new woman? Whom does the man commit adultery against? The dismissed woman or his new woman? Which woman ["if she herself"] puts away the man and, if she marries another man, commits adultery? The dismissed woman or his new woman?
Note that the verse 12 does not say 'if they themselves' (Matthew 5:17-18).
The main point of adultery which Jesus addresses is based on the dismissal of either spouse with the intention to be with another spouse. Is the woman bound to a man with no way out from the man?
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ASV
(10) But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband
(11) (but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that the husband leave not his wife.
According to 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, the woman is not forever bound to her man no matter what the situation might be to put up with in the relationship. We read that the woman may leave the man but she only has the option to remain open to reconcile with her man if she chooses to.
The woman is allowed to separate but she may not be involved with another man while she is separated (1 Corinthians 7:11).
Involvement with another man closes the path to reconciliation with the formerly dismissed man. Remember, going back to a man after having been with another man is prohibited even if the new man dies (Deuteronomy 24:3-4).
Salvation is out of the Jews (John 4:22) not out of Christians. In other words, salvation if from Christian Judaism not out of Christianity.
Jeremiah 3:6-11 CLV
(6) And Yahweh said unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, `Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She is going on every high mountain, and unto the place of every green tree, and commits fornication there."
(7) And I say, after her doing all these, Unto Me you do turn back, and she has not turned back, and see [it] does her treacherous sister Judah."
(8) And I see when (for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery) I have sent her away, and I give the bill of her divorce unto her, that treacherous Judah her sister has not feared, and goes and commits fornication--she also."
(9) And it has come to pass, from the vileness of her fornication, that the land is defiled, and she commits fornication with stone and with wood."
(10) And even in all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned back unto Me with all her heart, but with falsehood, an affirmation of Yahweh.'"
(11) And Yahweh said unto me: `Justified herself has backsliding Israel, More than treacherous Judah."