English Standard Version
Mark 10:6
6But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.'
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.’
- New King James Version (NKJV)But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)But ‘God made them male and female’ from the beginning of creation.
Context of Mark 10:6
4They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away." 5And Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.' 7'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, 8and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two but one flesh.
Read all of Mark 10Mark 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 3:4They will say, "Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation."
- Genesis 1:27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
- Genesis 2:20The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.
- Genesis 5:2Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created.
- Malachi 2:14But you say, "Why does he not?" Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion 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
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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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