The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:2-12
Parallel passage: Matthew 19:3-12 .— Doctrine of divorce. I. EVENTS IN THE INTERVAL . There is a gap in the narrative of St. Mark between the events of the preceding and present chapter. We need not do more than intimate them, and that for the continuity of the history. They are the following:— 1 . His journey to Jerusalem on the occasion of the Feast of Tabernacles. 2 . Occurrences by the way: 3 . The sending out of the seventy, and its similarity to the previous... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:2
And there came unto him Pharisees —the article should be omitted— and asked him —they came forward before the people, and publicly questioned him— Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? St. Matthew ( Matthew 21:3 ) adds to the question the words, "for every cause." There were causes for which it was lawful. They put this question to our Lord, tempting him ; of course with an evil intent. This question about divorce was one which was much agitated in the time of our Lord. In the... read more