Mark 10:2

Mark 10:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
• New International Version (NIV)Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Pharisees came and asked Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” testing Him.

Context of Mark 10:2

1He set out from there and went to the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Then crowds converged on him again, and as was his custom he taught them again. Some Pharisees came to test him, asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3He replied to them, “What did Moses command you?” 4They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers and send her away.”

Mark 10:2 word by word

καὶ προσελθόντες Φαρισαῖοι ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν εἰ ἔξεστιν ἀνδρὶ γυναῖκα ἀπολῦσαι πειράζοντες αὐτόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the Phariseesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• came toπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• and askedἐπερωτάωeperōtaō · to questionG1905
• ·εἰei · if: is(QUESTION)G1487
• Is it lawfulἔξεστι, ἐξόνexesti · be permittedG1832
• for a manἀνήρanēr · manG435
• to put awayἀπολύωapoluō · to release: divorceG630
• wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• temptingπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: testG3985

Cross-references for Mark 10:2

• Mark 8:15Then he gave them strict orders: “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
• Matthew 9:34But the Pharisees said, “He drives out demons by the ruler of the demons.”
• Matthew 15:12Then the disciples came up and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said?”
• Matthew 23:13“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.
• Luke 5:30But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
• Luke 6:7The scribes and Pharisees were watching him closely, to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a charge against him.
• Luke 7:30But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptized by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves.)
• Luke 11:39But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.
• Luke 16:14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at him.
• John 7:32The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to arrest him.
• John 11:47So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and were saying, “What are we going to do since this man is doing many signs?
• Malachi 2:16“If he hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord God of Israel, “he covers his garment with injustice,” says the Lord of Armies. Therefore, watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously.
• Matthew 5:31“It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce.
• Matthew 19:3Some Pharisees approached him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”
• 1 Corinthians 7:10To the married I give this command — not I, but the Lord — a wife is not to leave her husband.
• Mark 8:11The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, demanding of him a sign from heaven to test him.

Commentaries on Mark 10:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? - See this question about divorce largely explained on Matthew 19:3-12; (note).Read the comment
• 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. 1-2The Pharisees asked Jesus about divorce because they wanted to trap him. Divorce was already a debated issue among the Jews (see 2:16, 18, 24; 7:5; 8:11; 12:13). John the Baptist was executed by order of Herod Antipas. John had publicly said that Herod’s marriage to Herodias was unlawful because she had been his brother’s wife (6:18–19). The Jewish historian Josephus says that John was killed near this area, east of the Jordan River, at Herod Antipas’s…Read the comment

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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