Matthew 1:19

New American Standard Bible

¹⁹And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her, planned to ^[a]^(A)send her away secretly.

Matthew 1:19

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁹So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man,^(A) and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly.^(B)

¹⁹Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to divorce her quietly.^(A)

¹⁹Because Joseph, her husband to be,^[a] was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her^[b] privately.

Matthew 1:19 tn Grk “husband.” See following note for discussion.
Matthew 1:19 tn Or “send her away.”sn In the Jewish context, “full betrothal was so binding that its breaking required a certificate of divorce, and the death of one party made the other a widow or widower (m. Ketub. 1:2; m. Sota 1:5; m. Git. passim…)” (R. H. Gundry, Matthew: A Commentary on his Literary and Theological Art, 21).

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