Mat 5:31 | RWP | e4.org | A writing of divorcement ( αποστασιον ), "a divorce certificate" (Moffatt), "a written notice of divorce" (Weymouth). The Greek is an abbreviation of βιβλιον αποστασιου ( ; ). Vulgate has here libellum repudii . The papyri use συγγραφη αποστασιου in commercial transactions as "a bond of release" (see Moulton and Milligan's Vocabulary , etc.) The written notice ( βιβλιον ) was a protection to the wife against an angry whim of the husband who might send her away with no paper to show for it.

‏ Matthew 5:31

A writing of divorcement ( αποστασιον ), "a divorce certificate" (Moffatt), "a written notice of divorce" (Weymouth). The Greek is an abbreviation of βιβλιον αποστασιου (Ma 19:7; Mr 10:4). Vulgate has here libellum repudii. The papyri use συγγραφη αποστασιου in commercial transactions as "a bond of release" (see Moulton and Milligan's Vocabulary, etc.) The written notice ( βιβλιον ) was a protection to the wife against an angry whim of the husband who might send her away with no paper to show for it.