Mark 10:5-9

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 10:5

And Jesus answered and said unto them ,.... With respect to this command, or sufferance of Moses, which they urged: for the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept ; it was, not because it was right in its own nature, or according to the original will of God; but, because the Jews were such cruel, and hard hearted men, that if this had not been permitted, some of them, that had wives not so agreeable to them, would have used them in a very inhuman manner, if not murdered them;... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:1-12

Marriage and divorce. Our Lord Jesus is the great moral Legislator of humanity. His authoritative teaching applies to all classes and to all relationships of mankind. And it is to be noticed that he bases his commands and counsels both upon grounds of natural right and reason, and also upon the revealed Mosaic Law. With regard to the latter, it is observable that he professes not to destroy it, but to fulfill it—to inspire it with a new motive, and to give it a wider range; whilst he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:1-12

Christ's statement of the Divine law of marriage. It is well to note his locality at this time. He was approaching the center of the Judaean party, outlying members of which encountered him as he was entering Judaea from beyond Jordan. Nevertheless he no longer observes " counsels of prudence." He freely addresses the crowds that throng to his ministry, and confronts the attempts of his enemies to catch him in his words. This Divine abandonment is very noble and beautiful, and argues... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:1-12

Divorce. Again with low motives, "tempting him," the Pharisees propound a question as to whether it was "lawful for a man to put away his wife." Opinions were divided, and the Teacher was in danger of offending one or other party by his reply. This was the trap "to involve him with the adulterous tetrarch, in whose territory he was." But he wisely referred them to Moses, and their thought, which was for evil, he tamed to good; for he took occasion by it to show the grounds of Moses'... read more

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