Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 10:4
And they said. Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.The duplicity and deceit of the Pharisees appear in this answer which quoted Moses inaccurately and without regard to the circumstance under which in some cases, he permitted divorce. The Mosaic regulation regarding divorce (Deuteronomy 24:1) was definitely not a blanket permission of divorce for any cause, but only in cases where the husband had found something "unseemly" in his wife. To be sure, the Pharisees,... read more
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 10:3
And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?Thus, as always, Christ sent his questioners back to the word of God. It was true that Christ had greater authority than Moses, but the authority of Moses was still the binding law upon the Pharisees. read more