Mark 10:12 - Exposition

This verse should be read thus: And if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery καὶ ἐὰν αὐτὴ ἀπολύσασα τὸν ἄνδρα αὑτῆς γαμήση ἄλλον μοιχᾶται . This reading is well supported. These words indicate that, according to our blessed Lord's teaching, wives and husbands have equal rights in reference to divorce; and so the Greek, according to the best authorities, is ( γαμήση ) "shall marry," not ( γαμηθῆ ) "shall be married." Josephus, however, makes it evident that in his time husband and wife had by no means equal rights in these matters.