Barnes’ Notes on the Bible:

And I say unto you – Emphasis should be laid here on the word “I.” This was the opinion of Jesus – this he proclaimed to be the law of his kingdom, the command of God ever afterward.
This is the law of God; and by the same law, all marriages which take place after divorce, where fornication is not the cause of divorce, are adulterous.

Legislatures have no right to say that people may put away their wives for any other cause; and where they do, and where there is marriage afterward, by the law of God such marriages are adulterous!

People’s New Testament:

“I say unto you,” we have here Christ’s law of divorce.
He committeth adultery…because he is married still to his former wife, who is still his wife in spite of the divorce; so, too, if any man marries the divorced woman, he marries another man’s wife.

Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible:

Causeth her to commit adultery; that is, as much as in him lies: should she commit it, he is the cause of it, by exposing her, through a rejection of her, to the sinful embraces of others; and, indeed, should she marry another man, whilst he is alive, which her divorce allows her to do, she must be guilty of adultery; since she is his proper wife, the bond of marriage not being dissolved by such a divorce: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced, committeth adultery; because the divorced woman he marries, and takes to his bed; is legally the wife of another man; and it may be added, from Matthew 19:9 that her husband, who has put her away, upon any other account than fornication, should he marry another woman, would be guilty of the same crime.

In Matthew 5:32 “causeth her to commit adultery also”, by being the occasion of marrying another man, when she is still his lawful wife.

It’s good to hear from you again. Yeah, I took a long break. Between school and work, I was pretty occupied when we were in Wheaton.

I look forward to talking theology with you.

Daniel

Thanks for sharing your article. I will certainly consider it. I’m really not satisfied with any particular interpretation right now.

Do you think that Paul uses Lev. 18:5 in a similar way in Romans 10?

Daniel