Mark 10:8

Mark 10:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
• New International Version (NIV)and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Context of Mark 10:8

6But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. 7For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother [to establish a home with his wife], and the two shall become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but [are united as] one flesh. 9Therefore, what God has united and joined together, man must not separate [by divorce].” 10In the house the disciples began questioning Him again about this.

Mark 10:8 word by word

καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσὶν δύο ἀλλὰ μία σάρξ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• theyεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• twainδύοduo · twoG1417
• ·εἰςeis · towardG1519
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• fleshσάρξsarx · fleshG4561
• so thenὥστεhōste · soG5620
• no moreοὐκέτιouketi · not any moreG3765
• butἀλλάalla · butG235

Cross-references for Mark 10:8

• 1 Corinthians 6:16Do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “The two shall be one flesh.”
• Ephesians 5:28Even so husbands should and are morally obligated to love their own wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

Commentaries on Mark 10:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-12Verses 1-12 See this question about divorce explained in the notes at Matthew 19:1-12. Mark 10:12 And 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-9God allowed divorce because people’s hearts were hard, meaning they would not obey God. But the passages that Jesus quotes from the law of Moses show God’s true plan for marriage (Genesis 1:27; 2:23–24; see also Malachi 2:16). These passages show that God values marriage. In marriage, a man and woman form a new union, and the two become one. People should not go against God’s will by separating what God has joined together.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 10:8

• Jesus, the Christ
• Marriage
• Polygamy
• Quotations and Allusions

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• Divorce in the New Testament
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Commentaries on Mark 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings