The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:10
The discussion with the Pharisees, related in the previous verses, had taken place in public. But now in the house, and in private, the disciples asked him again of this matter ; so that what follows seems here to have been said to them privately. But it would appear from St. Matthew ( Matthew 21:8 ) that our Lord had already said this in public; so that here he proclaims a new law, or rather affirms the sanctions of the primitive institution, abrogating the "bill of divorcement" excepting... read more
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