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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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 10:1-12

See this question about divorce explained in the notes at Matthew 19:1-12.Mark 10:12And if a woman shall put away her husband - It would seem, from this, that a woman, among the Jews, had the power of separating herself from her husband, yet this right is not given her by the law of Moses. There is not, however, any positive evidence that females often claimed or exercised this right. Cases had occurred, indeed, in which it had been done. The wife of Herod had rejected her former husband and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 10:1-12

Mark 10:1-12. He cometh into the coasts of Judea, &c. This paragraph is explained at large in the notes on Matthew 19:1-11. From the beginning of the creation Therefore Moses, in the first chapter of Genesis, gives us an account of things from the beginning of the creation of this lower world. Does it not clearly follow from hence, that there was no creation here below, previous to that which Moses describes? Whosoever shall put away his wife, &c. Though this discourse of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 10:1-12

108. Questions about divorce (Matthew 19:1-12; Mark 10:1-12; Luke 16:18)Again the Pharisees tried to trap Jesus into saying something that would give them grounds to accuse him of error. This time they chose the subject of divorce, where different viewpoints among Jewish teachers often caused arguments. Jesus referred them back to God’s original standard, which was that a man and a woman live together, independent of parents, in a permanent union (Matthew 19:1-6). Moses set out laws to limit... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 10:6

from the beginning of the creation. Therefore there could have been no creation of "man" before Adam. See note on John 8:44 . God made them. Therefore no evolution. See Genesis 1:27 . God , &c. App-98 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 10:7

For this cause , &c. = On account of this, &c. Quoted from Genesis 2:24 . a man . Greek. anthropos. App-123 . Not the same word as in Mark 10:2 . leave. Greek. kataleipo = to leave utterly, forsake. Not the some word as in Mark 10:29 . cleave = shall he joined. to. Greek pros. App-104 . Same word as in Mark 10:50 . Not the same as in verses: Mark 10:32-33 , Mark 10:46 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 10:8

twain = two, Anglo-Saxon twegen (= twain) is masculine, trd is feminine, and twa, or tu, is neut. So that "twain "is better, as the masculine takes precedence of feminine. one = for, or unto. Greek. eis. App-104 . Not "become one" (as Revised Version) but = shall be, or stand for one flesh. no more = no longer. Greek. ouketi . Compound of ou . App-105 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 10:9

What , &c. Regarding the two as one. The con verse is true: what God hath divided, lot not man join together. Note the bearing of this on 2 Timothy 2:15 . not. Greek. me App-105 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 10:6

But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.Thus, God's ideal for humanity is "monogamy, which rules out both polygamy and divorce."[9] People have no problem at all in knowing what is the will of God; their problems stem from efforts to make what they do bear the light of it! There is an extreme view,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 10:9

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.Like many of the magnificent pronouncements of Jesus, this one is true both in context and intrinsically. God hath joined a man and his wife in marriage; and men are not allowed the authority to dissolve it. Appropriately, these words are used in the marriage ceremony. Christ did not, by these words, prohibit states from making laws in this sector which are required by the sinful conduct of people, the same being implicit in the... read more

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