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

1And he arose from there, and cometh into the region of Judaea by the other side of Jordan: and the people resort to him again; and, as he was accustomed, he taught them again. And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. 3And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you? 4And they said, Moses permitted to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

Mark 10:2 word by word

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

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• himπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334
• askedἐπερωτάωeperōtaō · to questionG1905
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• itεἰei · if: is(QUESTION)G1487
• lawfulἔξεστι, ἐξόνexesti · be permittedG1832
• manἀνήρanēr · manG435
• awayἀπολύωapoluō · to release: divorceG630
• wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• temptingπειράζωpeirazō · to test/tempt: testG3985

Cross-references for Mark 10:2

• Mark 8:15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
• Matthew 9:34But the Pharisees said, He casteth out demons through the prince of the demons.
• Matthew 15:12Then came his disciples, and said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
• Matthew 23:13But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither allow ye them that are entering to go in.
• Luke 5:30But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?
• Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against him.
• Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.
• Luke 11:39And the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness.
• Luke 16:14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they mocked him.
• John 7:32The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
• John 11:47Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man performeth many miracles.
• Malachi 2:16For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
• Matthew 5:31It hath been said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
• Matthew 19:3The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
• 1 Corinthians 7:10And to the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
• Mark 8:11And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, tempting 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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• Divorce
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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