Ewangelia Mateusza 19:12

Biblia Tysiąclecia

Albowiem są rzezańcy, którzy się tak z żywota matki narodzili; są też rzezańcy, którzy od ludzi są urzezani; są też rzezańcy, którzy się sami urzezali dla królestwa niebieskiego. Kto może pojąć, niechaj pojmuje!

Parallel Translations

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
Albowiem są rzezańcy, którzy się tak z żywota matki narodzili; są też rzezańcy, którzy od ludzi są urzezani; są też rzezańcy, którzy się sami urzezali dla królestwa niebieskiego. Kto może pojąć, niechaj pojmuje!

Biblia Przekład Toruński
12 Albowiem są eunuchowie, którzy narodzili się takimi z łona matki, są też eunuchowie, którzy przez ludzi zostali wytrzebieni; są też eunuchowie, którzy sami siebie uczynili eunuchami dla Królestwa Niebios. Kto może pojąć, niech pojmuje!

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba
Są tacy, którzy nigdy nie wstąpią w związki małżeńskie, gdyż takimi się urodziły; są inni, którzy tego nie uczynią, bo tej możliwości pozbawili ich ludzie; ale są też tacy, którzy nie wstąpią w związki małżeńskie, gdyż ze względu na Królestwo Niebios sami tak postanowili. Kto jest w stanie to pojąć, niech pojmuje.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Bowiem są eunuchowie, którzy tak zostali zrodzeni z łona matki; są też eunuchowie, którzy zostali uczynieni eunuchami przez ludzi; i są eunuchowie, którzy sami się zrobili eunuchami dla Królestwa Niebios. Komu to może wyjść, niech wychodzi.

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
Są bowiem eunuchowie, którzy tacy wyszli z łona matki; są też eunuchowie, których ludzie takimi uczynili; są również eunuchowie, którzy się sami takimi uczynili dla królestwa niebieskiego. Kto może pojąć, niech pojmuje.

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
Abowiem są rzezańcy, którzy z żywota matki tak się narodzili i są też rzezańcy, którzy od ludzi są urzezani i są też rzezańcy, którzy się sami urzezali dla królestwa niebieskiego. Kto może pojąć, niechaj pojmuje.

Biblia Warszawska
Albowiem są trzebieńcy, którzy się takimi z żywota matki urodzili, są też trzebieńcy, którzy zostali wytrzebieni przez ludzi, są również trzebieńcy, którzy się wytrzebili sami dla Królestwa Niebios. Kto może pojąć, niech pojmuje!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

which were made: Isaiah 39:7, Isaiah 56:3, Isaiah 56:4

which have: 1 Corinthians 7:32-38, 1 Corinthians 9:5, 1 Corinthians 9:15

Reciprocal: Matthew 5:29 - pluck 1 Corinthians 7:7 - But 1 Corinthians 7:17 - as God 1 Corinthians 7:35 - not

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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, are rendered incapable of entering into a marriage state; and others, through the gift of God, and under the influence of his grace, abstain from marriage cheerfully and contentedly, in order to be more useful in the interest of religion; but the number of either of these is but few, in comparison of such who choose a conjugal state, and with whom it is right to enter into it, notwithstanding all the difficulties that may attend it. Some men are eunuchs, and of these there are different sorts; there are some,

which were so born from their mother's womb; meaning, not such who, through a natural temper and inclination of mind, could easily abstain from marriage, and chose to live single; but such who had such defects in nature that they were impotent, unfit for, and unable to perform the duties of a marriage state; who, as some are born without hands or feet, these were born without proper and perfect organs of generation; and such an one was, by the Jews, frequently called, סריס המה, "an eunuch of the sun n": that is, as their doctors o explain it, one that from his mother's womb never saw the sun but as an eunuch; that is, one that is born so; and that such an one is here intended, ought not to be doubted. The signs of such an eunuch, are given by the Jewish p writers, which may be consulted by those, that have ability and leisure. This sort is sometimes q called סריס בידי שמים "an eunuch by the hands of heaven", or God, in distinction from those who are so by the hands, or means of men, and are next mentioned:

and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: as among the Romans formerly, and which Domitian the emperor forbid by a law r; and more especially in the eastern countries, and to this day among the Turks, that they may the more safely be entrusted with the custody of their women; and this sort the Jews call סריס אדם, "an eunuch of men", or בידי אדם, "by the hands of men". The distinction between an "eunuch of the sun", and an "eunuch of men", is so frequent with the Jews s, and so well known to them, that a question need not be made of our Lord's referring to it:

and there be eunuchs which have made themselves eunuchs; not in a literal sense, in which the words are not to be taken, as they were by Origen; who though otherwise too much pursued the allegorical way of interpreting Scripture, here took it literally, and castrated himself t; as did also a sort of heretics, called Valesians u, from one Valens an Arabian; and which practice is recommended by Philo the Jew w, and by Heathen philosophers x, for the sake of chastity. But here it means such, who having the gift of continency without mutilating their bodies, or indulging any unnatural lusts, can live chastely without the use of women, and choose celibacy:

for the kingdom of heaven's sake; not in order, by their chaste and single life, to merit and obtain the kingdom of glory; but that they might be more at leisure, being free from the incumbrances of a marriage state, to attend the worship and service of God, the ordinances of the Gospel church state, to minister in, and preach the Gospel of Christ, and be a means of spreading it in the world, and of enlarging his kingdom and interest.

He that is able to receive it, let him receive it: whoever is able to receive cordially, and embrace heartily, the above saying concerning the expediency and goodness of a single life, and having the gift of continency, can live according to it; let him take it, and hold it fast, and act up to it; he may have less of worldly trouble, and be more useful for God in the Gospel of Christ, and to the interest of religion; but this should be a voluntary thing: no man should be forced into it; and he that goes into it, ought to consider well whether he is able to contain, or not.

n T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 75. 1. 79. 2. & 80. 1. Maimon. Hilch. Ishot, c. 2. sect. 14. o Maimon & Bartenora in Misn. Yebamot, c. 8. sect. 4. p Bartenora, ibid. & Maimon. Hilch. Ishot, ut supra. q T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 80. 2. r Philostrat. vit. Apollon. l. 6. c. 17. s Misn. Yebamot, c. 8. sect. 4. Zabim, c. 2. sect. 1. T. Hieros. Yebamot, fol. 9. 4. Maimon. Hilch. Ishot, c. 2. sect. 26. & 4. 18. Mechosre Caphara, c. 3. sect. 6. Mishcabumoshab, c. l. sect. 5. t Euseb. Ecel. Hist. l. 6. c. 8. u Augustin de Haeres. c. 37. & Danaeus in ib. w Lib. quod deterius, p. 186. x Sexti Pythag. Sent. p. 8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 cruelty of men; and there were some who voluntarily abstained from marriage for the kingdom of heaven’s sake - that is, that they might devote themselves entirely to the proper business of religion. Perhaps he refers here to the Essenes, a sect of the Jews (see the notes at Matthew 3:7), who held that marriage was unsuitable to their condition; who had no children of their own, but perpetuated their sect by adopting the poor children of others. Eunuchs were employed chiefly in attending on the females or in the harem. They rose often to distinction, and held important offices in the state. Hence, the word is sometimes used with reference to such an officer of state, Acts 8:27.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 19:12. Eunuchs — ευνουχος, from ευνην εχειν, to have the care of the bed or bedchamber; this being the principal employment of eunuchs in the eastern countries, particularly in the apartments of queens and princesses. These are they whom our Lord says are made eunuchs by men, merely for the above purpose.

So born from their mother's womb — Such as are naturally incapable of marriage, and consequently should not contract any.

For the kingdom of heaven's sake. — I believe our Lord here alludes to the case of the ESSENES, one of the most holy and pure sects among the Jews. These abstained from all commerce with women, hoping thereby to acquire a greater degree of purity, and be better fitted for the kingdom of God: children they had none of their own, but constantly adopted those of poor people, and brought them up in their own way. PHILO, JOSEPHUS, and PLINY have largely described this very singular sect; and Dean PRIDEAUX, with his usual fidelity and perspicuity, has given the substance of what each has said. CONNEX. vol. iii. p. 483, c. edit. 1725. The account is very interesting, and well worthy the attention of every Christian. Among the rabbins we find these different kinds of eunuchs, not only mentioned, but circumstantially described, סריס חמה saris chama, eunuchs of the sun, i.e. eunuchs by the hand of God; men born impotent. סריס אדם saris Adam, eunuchs of men, those who were castrated. And they add a third sort; those who make themselves eunuchs, abstain from marriage, c., that they may give themselves UP to the study of the Divine law. See many examples in Schoettgen.

He that is able to receive — χωρειν χωρειτω. These words are variously translated: he who can take let him take it; comprehend, let him comprehend it: admit, let him admit it. The meaning seems to be, Let the man who feels himself capable of embracing this way of life, embrace it; but none can do it but he to whom it is given, who has it as a gift from his mother's womb.

The great ORIGEN, understanding the latter clause of this verse (which I have applied to the Essenes) literally - O human weakness! - went, and literally fulfilled it on himself!