Mark 10:6

Mark 10:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
• New International Version (NIV)“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’

Context of Mark 10:6

4They said, “Moses permitted us to write divorce papers and send her away.” 5But Jesus told them, “He wrote this command for you because of the hardness of your hearts. But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. 7For this reason a man will leave his father and mother 8and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

Mark 10:6 word by word

ἀπὸ δὲ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούςRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the beginningἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
• of the creationκτίσιςktisis · creationG2937
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• madeποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• maleἄρρην, ἄρσηνarrhēn arsēn · maleG730
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• femaleθῆλυςthēlus · femaleG2338

Cross-references for Mark 10:6

• Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
• 2 Peter 3:4saying, “Where is his ‘coming’ that he promised? Ever since our ancestors fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.”
• Genesis 1:27So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.
• Genesis 2:20The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for the man no helper was found corresponding to him.
• Genesis 5:2he created them male and female. When they were created, he blessed them and called them mankind.
• Malachi 2:14And you ask, “Why?” Because even though the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, you have acted treacherously against her. She was your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.

Commentaries on Mark 10:6

• 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 10:6

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

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Divorce
• Lordship
• Mock
• Ransom
• Resort
• Adam in the New Testament
• Divorce in the New Testament
• Family

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