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

1Setting out from there, Jesus went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds gathered to Him again, and, as He was accustomed, He once more began to teach them. And some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began questioning Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife. 3And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?” 4They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send his wife away.”

Mark 10:2 word by word

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

• PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• cameπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334
• to Jesus, testingπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: testG3985
• questioningἐπερωτάωeperōtaō · to questionG1905
• Him whetherεἰei · if: is(QUESTION)G1487
• it was lawfulἔξεστι, ἐξόνexesti · be permittedG1832
• for a manἀνήρanēr · manG435
• divorceἀπολύωapoluō · to release: divorceG630
• wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135

Cross-references for Mark 10:2

• Mark 8:15And He was giving orders to them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of Herod.”
• Matthew 9:34But the Pharisees were saying, “He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons.”
• Matthew 15:12Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”
• Matthew 23:13“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter it yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
• Luke 5:30The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling to His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”
• Luke 6:7Now the scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse Him.
• Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.
• Luke 11:39But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish; but your inside is full of greed and wickedness.
• Luke 16:14Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were ridiculing Him.
• John 7:32The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest Him.
• John 11:47Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council meeting, and they were saying, “What are we doing in regard to the fact that this Man is performing many signs?
• Malachi 2:16“For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence,” says the Lord of armies. “So be careful about your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”
• Matthew 5:31“Now it was said, ‘Whoever sends his wife away is to give her a certificate of divorce’;
• Matthew 19:3Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”
• 1 Corinthians 7:10But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife is not to leave her husband
• Mark 8:11And the Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, demanding from 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