Mark 10:3

Mark 10:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
• New International Version (NIV)“What did Moses command you?” he replied.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He answered them, "What did Moses command you?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”

Context of Mark 10:3

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. 2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. And 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. 5And Jesus answered and said to them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.

Mark 10:3 word by word

ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί ὑμῖν ἐνετείλατο Μωϋσῆς;Read the interlinear

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• saidεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• commandἐντέλλωentellomai · to orderG1781
• youὑμῖνhumin · to youG5213

Cross-references for Mark 10:3

• Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Luke 10:25And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
• John 5:39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
• Galatians 4:21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?

Commentaries on Mark 10:3

• 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. 3Jesus answered the trick question of the Pharisees with a counter-question. Instead of replying directly, he asked them a question in return (see Matthew 22:20).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 10:3

• Jesus, the Christ
• Marriage
• Polygamy

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Deuteronomy
• Divorce
• Lordship
• Mock
• Ransom
• Resort
• Divorce in the New Testament
• Family
• Inspiration

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