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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Mark 10:1-12

Our Lord Jesus was an itinerant Preacher, did not continue long in a place, for the whole land of Canaan was his parish, or diocese, and therefore he would visit every part of it, and give instructions to those in the remotest corners of it. Here we have him in the coasts of Judea, by the further side of Jordan eastward, as we found him, not long since, in the utmost borders westward, near Tyre and Sidon. Thus was his circuit like that of the sun, from whose light and heat nothing is hid. Now... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Mark 10:1-12

10:1-12 Leaving there, Jesus came into the hill-country of Judaea and to the district across the Jordan, and once again crowds came together to him. As his custom was, he again continued to teach them. Some Pharisees came to him and asked him if it was lawful for a man to put away his wife. They asked this question to test him. He asked them, "What commandment did Moses lay down for you?" They answered, "Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorcement and then to put her away." Jesus said... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:6

But from the beginning of the creation ,.... Of the world, or of man: מתחלת ברייתו של עולם , "from the beginning of the creation of the world", is a way of speaking often used by the Jews F18 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 3. fol. 2. 3. & sect. 4. fol. 4. 1. : the phrase "of the creation" is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions; and so it was in Beza's most ancient copy, and it is only read, "from the beginning", as in Mat_19:4,8; see Gill on Matthew 19:4 , See Gill on ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:7

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother ,.... The Persic version adds, "and brethren and sisters", though without any foundation in the original text, in Genesis 2:24 , from whence this passage is cited; or in any copy of the evangelist: and cleave to his wife ; See Gill on Matthew 19:5 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:8

And the twain shall be one flesh ,.... This is the remaining part of the citation out of Genesis 2:24 ; See Gill on Matthew 19:5 ; so then they are no more twain; but one flesh ; as Adam and Eve were both by creation and marriage: and so two persons, a man and woman, being lawfully married together, become one flesh, or "one body", as the Arabic and Persic versions render the phrase; and therefore the wife is to be loved by the husband as his own body, and from whom there should be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:9

What therefore God hath joined together ,.... See Gill on Matthew 19:6 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:10

And in the house ,.... To which Christ retired, after he had put the Pharisees to silence, and dismissed the multitude: his disciples asked him again of the same matter ; concerning the affair of divorces, be bad been discoursing with the Pharisees about; some things being said, they had not been used to, and which they did not thoroughly understand; and therefore chose privately to converse with him on this subject, for their further information. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:11

And he saith unto them ,.... The same things as in Mat_5:32, 19:9; See Gill on Matthew 5:32 , See Gill on Matthew 19:9 , whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another ; when there is no uncleanness in the case; when his former wile has not injured him by violating the marriage bed: committeth adultery against her ; to the injury of his lawful wife; or "upon her", or "with her", with the person he marries. The Syriac and Persic versions leave out the phrase, "against her". read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 10:12

And if a woman shall put away her husband ,.... Not that there was the same law, or the same sufferance by the law of Moses, for a woman to put away her husband, as for the husband to put away the wife; nor was it practised among the Jews, unless it came to be in use about this time, in their declining state, having taken it from the Gentiles; of whom they say F19 Bereshit Rabba, sect. 18. fol. 15. 3. , that "they divorce one another: says R. Jochanan, אשתו מגרשתו , "his wife... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 10:12

And if a woman shall put away her husband - From this it appears that in some cases, the wife assumed the very same right of divorcing her husband that the husband had of divorcing his wife; and yet this is not recorded any where in the Jewish laws, as far as I can find, that the women had such a right. Indeed, were the law which gives the permission all on one side, it would be unjust and oppressive; but where it is equally balanced, the right being the same on each side, it must serve as a... read more

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