Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Timothy 2:12

12 But I suffer not a woman to teach , nor to usurp authority over the man , but to be in silence.

Not to teach in the publick Congregation, except she be a Prophetess, endued with extraordinary gifts of the Spirit, as Mary, and Anna, and Huldah, and Deborah, and some Women in the Primitive Church, concerning whom we read 1 Cor. 11.5. that t[illegible: 1 letter]ey prophesied.

Ordinary teaching of the Women was an Usurpation of Authority over the Man, who is the Head, which the Apostle also forbad in 1 Cor. 11.3. and here repeateth, it is probable that the speaking of some Women in the Church who had extraordinary Revelations, imboldned others also to aim at the like, which the Apostle here directs his speech against. Nevertheless Women may, and it is their Dutie to instruct their Children and Families at home, especially in the absence of their Husbands.

Marginal references: 1 Cor. 14.34.; Eph. 5.24.