{What therefore God hath joined together} (ho oun ho theos
sunezeuxen). Note "what," not "whom." The marriage relation God
has made. "The creation of sex, and the high doctrine as to the
cohesion it produces between man and woman, laid down in Gen.,
interdict separation" (Bruce). The word for "joined together"
means "yoked together," a common verb for marriage in ancient
Greek. It is the timeless aorist indicative (sunezeuxen), true
always. {Bill} (iblion). A little iblos (see on 氣:1|), a
scroll or document (papyrus or parchment). This was some
protection to the divorced wife and a restriction on laxity.