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 allowed a man to give his wife a written notice to divorce her.” 5Jesus said to them, “He wrote this command for you because you’re heartless. But God made them male and female in the beginning, at creation. 7That’s why a man will leave his father and mother and will remain united with his wife, 8and the two will be one. So they are no longer two but one.

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 heaven and earth.
• 2 Peter 3:4by saying, “What’s happened to his promise to return? Ever since our ancestors died, everything continues as it did from the beginning of the world.”
• Genesis 1:27So God created humans in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female.
• Genesis 2:20So the man named all the domestic animals, all the birds, and all the wild animals. But the man found no helper who was right for him.
• Genesis 5:2He created them male and female. He blessed them and called them humans when he created them.
• Malachi 2:14But you ask, “Why ⌞aren’t our offerings accepted⌟?” It is because the Lord is a witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been unfaithful. Yet, she is your companion, the wife of your marriage vows.

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