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Mark 10:2
2Some Pharisees came to Jesus. They wanted to find out how he would answer their question. They asked him, ‘Can a man send his wife away, so that she is no longer his wife? Is it right for him to do that?’
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
1Then Jesus left that place and he went to Judea. He went across to the east side of the Jordan River. Crowds of people came to him again. So he taught them, as he usually did. Some Pharisees came to Jesus. They wanted to find out how he would answer their question. They asked him, ‘Can a man send his wife away, so that she is no longer his wife? Is it right for him to do that?’ 3Jesus replied with a question: ‘What did Moses say was right for you?’ 4The Pharisees said, ‘Moses said that a man could write a letter to say that he and his wife are no longer married. Then the man can send the woman away.’
Read all of Mark 10Mark 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 8:15Jesus said to them, ‘Be careful. Do not accept the yeast of the Pharisees or the yeast of Herod.’
- Matthew 9:34But the Pharisees said, ‘This man can send bad spirits out of people because Satan gives him authority. Satan is the one who rules the bad spirits.’
- Matthew 15:12Then Jesus' disciples went to him, and they said, ‘The Pharisees heard what you said. They did not agree with what you said. Do you know that?’
- Matthew 23:13Jesus spoke to the teachers of God's Law and the Pharisees. ‘It will be very bad for you,’ he said. ‘You are hypocrites! You have stopped people who wanted to go into the kingdom of heaven. It is like you have shut the door so that they cannot go in. Then you yourselves do not even go in.
- Luke 5:30Some Pharisees and teachers of God's Law saw them there. So they said to Jesus' disciples, ‘You eat and drink with these bad people and with men who take taxes from people. That is not right.’
- Luke 6:7Some teachers of God's Law and some Pharisees were watching Jesus carefully. They wanted to find a reason to say that he was doing something wrong. So they watched Jesus to see if he would make the man well on the day of rest.
- Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the men that studied God's Law had not asked John to baptize them. They did not believe the message that God was giving to them.
- Luke 11:39So the Lord Jesus said to him, ‘You Pharisees are like someone who only cleans the outside of his cup and his plate. You only clean the part that people can see. But inside, your mind is full of bad thoughts. You like to take things from other people.
- Luke 16:14The Pharisees heard all this. They loved money very much, so they laughed at Jesus. They said to him, ‘You are wrong.’
- John 7:32The Pharisees heard what these people were saying quietly about Jesus. Then the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees sent some of their officers to take him away.
- John 11:47Then the Pharisees and the leaders of the priests had a meeting with the group of Jewish leaders. They asked each other, ‘What will we do? This man is doing so many miracles.
- Malachi 2:16The Lord God of Israel says this: ‘If a man sends his wife away from him, I hate that! He has been cruel to his wife when he should take care of her. So be very careful! Remember your promise to take care of your wife.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.
- Matthew 5:31‘God's Law also says: “Any man who wants to send his wife away must give her a letter. This letter must say that they are no longer married.”
- Matthew 19:3Some Pharisees came to talk to Jesus. They wanted to see how he would answer their question. They asked, ‘Can a man send his wife away so that she is no longer his wife? Is it right for him to do that for any reason he chooses?’
- 1 Corinthians 7:10I will say this to people who have married. (This is not my rule. It is a rule that comes from the Lord himself.) A wife must not leave her husband.
- Mark 8:11Some Pharisees came to Jesus. They began to argue with him. They wanted to see him do something powerful. That would show them that God had really sent 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
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