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G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Mark 10:1-52

The Pharisees raised a question concerning the marriage relation. The Master went to the root of all things in the words, "From the beginning of the creation." The supreme and final authority is not the permission of a human lawgiver, but the will and intention of God. It was in this connection that Jesus took the children in His arms and blessed them, laying His hands on them. The story of the rich young ruler reveals the need of control. The way to find it is to follow the Master. The... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 10:1-45

Jesus Reveals The Things That Are Pleasing and Displeasing to God (9:33-10:45). In this next subsection Jesus reveals the things that are pleasing and displeasing to God. Seeking greatness displeases Him (Mark 9:33-35; Mark 10:35-45), while seeking to do things for Jesus’ sake pleases Him (Mark 9:36-41; Mark 10:28-31). Causing those who believe in Him to sin displeases Him (Mark 9:42-49; Mark 10:1-12), while being true salt pleases Him (Mark 9:50). So having begun the process of changing His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 10:1-52

Jesus Begins His Final Journey to Jerusalem On The Road To The Cross and Spends Much Time in Teaching His Disciples And Disputing With His Enemies In Readiness For That Event, For He Is Giving His Life As A Ransom For Many (9:33-12:44). Having returned to Capernaum Jesus now has His face set towards Jerusalem, and in Mark 9:33-50 He will lay the foundation by pointing out the fact that all must look to and respond to His Name, and the dangers inherent in not doing so. Then He will advance into... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 10:2-10

Jesus Firmly Establishes The Creation Ordinance of Marriage and Rejects Divorce As Contrary To God’s Purpose (10:2-10). As Jesus was conducting a teaching ministry it was inevitable that Pharisees would soon attach themselves to the crowd (although if we accept some manuscripts the questioners were unidentified). These may have been different Pharisees from those that He had previously encountered (they were spread all over Palestine), and while they came to test His quality we need not assume... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 10:5-9

‘But Jesus said to them, “He wrote you this commandment because of your hardness of heart. But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female. For this reason shall a man leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh, so that they are no more two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together let not man separate.” ’ Jesus reply was that they were misinterpreting Deuteronomy 24:0. He was the only one who considered it in its... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 10:1-12

Mark 10:1-2 Kings : The Question of Divorce.— Mk. represents Jesus as travelling up to Jerusalem through Peræ a (p. 33) and not through Samaria. Leaving Capernaum, He crosses the Jordan and resumes His public ministry. Under these circumstances some Pharisees come to Him with their question as to the lawfulness of divorce. They tempt Him by their question, seeking either to bring Him into conflict with the Law or to embroil Him with Herod, whose conduct He must condemn as John did. The former... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 10:3-9

The order of the discourse as recorded by Mark something differeth from that in Matthew, but the evangelists were not so accurate in that, but took care only to set down the substance of the discourse, as appears from the relation of several other parts of the history. In the notes on Matthew 19:3-6 the reader will find whatsoever stands in need of explication opened. See Poole on "Matthew 19:3", and following verses to Matthew 19:6. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 10:1-12

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 10:1. He arose from thence.—Between the events just recorded and those of which the Evangelist now proceeds to treat many others had occurred, which he passes over. The most important of these were: 1. The visit of Christ to Jerusalem at the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:8-10), which was marked by—(1) The rebuke to the “Sons of Thunder” at the churlish conduct of the inhabitants of a Samaritan village on their way to the Holy City (Luke 9:51-56); (2) Solemn... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 10:1-52

Mark's gospel chapter 10:And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he wont [was accustomed], he taught them again ( Mark 10:1 ).Now, Jesus is leaving the area of the Galilee for the last time. He is on His way to Jerusalem to be crucified. He knows this. He presently will be telling the disciples this. They still do not understand; it's still, to them, a mystery. But yet, it's very clear in the mind... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 10:1-52

Mark 10:2 . The pharisees came and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? This was a net artfully spread, to entangle the Saviour’s feet. Had he said no, they would have accused him of teaching doctrines contrary to the law of Moses. Had he said yea, they would then have charged him as guilty of cruelty. Thus, like Ezekiel, the Saviour exercised his ministry among scorpions. A woman repudiated for mere dislike, groans beneath a load of wrongs. She went to the altar in... read more

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