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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:1-12

Marriage and divorce. Our Lord Jesus is the great moral Legislator of humanity. His authoritative teaching applies to all classes and to all relationships of mankind. And it is to be noticed that he bases his commands and counsels both upon grounds of natural right and reason, and also upon the revealed Mosaic Law. With regard to the latter, it is observable that he professes not to destroy it, but to fulfill it—to inspire it with a new motive, and to give it a wider range; whilst he... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:1-12

Christ's statement of the Divine law of marriage. It is well to note his locality at this time. He was approaching the center of the Judaean party, outlying members of which encountered him as he was entering Judaea from beyond Jordan. Nevertheless he no longer observes " counsels of prudence." He freely addresses the crowds that throng to his ministry, and confronts the attempts of his enemies to catch him in his words. This Divine abandonment is very noble and beautiful, and argues... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:1-12

Divorce. Again with low motives, "tempting him," the Pharisees propound a question as to whether it was "lawful for a man to put away his wife." Opinions were divided, and the Teacher was in danger of offending one or other party by his reply. This was the trap "to involve him with the adulterous tetrarch, in whose territory he was." But he wisely referred them to Moses, and their thought, which was for evil, he tamed to good; for he took occasion by it to show the grounds of Moses'... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:1-12

The law of marriage. I. THE DIRECTIONS OF SCRIPTURE FOLLOW THE OLDER LAW OF NATURE . II. THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE IS FOUNDED ON NATURE . III. IN ITS IDEAL , MARRIAGE IS FOR LIFE , AND INDISSOLUBLE . IV. YET THE ACTUAL CONDITION OF HUMAN NATURE COMPELS SOME RELAXATION . V. BUT WHAT IS PERMITTED IS NOT , THEREFORE , TO BE APPROVED OR FOLLOWED PRACTICALLY . Christianity is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:2-12

Parallel passage: Matthew 19:3-12 .— Doctrine of divorce. I. EVENTS IN THE INTERVAL . There is a gap in the narrative of St. Mark between the events of the preceding and present chapter. We need not do more than intimate them, and that for the continuity of the history. They are the following:— 1 . His journey to Jerusalem on the occasion of the Feast of Tabernacles. 2 . Occurrences by the way: 3 . The sending out of the seventy, and its similarity to the previous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:10

The discussion with the Pharisees, related in the previous verses, had taken place in public. But now in the house, and in private, the disciples asked him again of this matter ; so that what follows seems here to have been said to them privately. But it would appear from St. Matthew ( Matthew 21:8 ) that our Lord had already said this in public; so that here he proclaims a new law, or rather affirms the sanctions of the primitive institution, abrogating the "bill of divorcement" excepting... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:11

Committeth adultery against her ( μοιχᾶται ἐπ αὐτήν ) . This must surely mean the wife that has been put away. The adultery is against her, against her rights and interests. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 10:12

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."... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 10:1-12

See this question about divorce explained in the notes at Matthew 19:1-12.Mark 10:12And 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. The wife of Herod had rejected her former husband and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 10:1-12

Mark 10:1-12. He cometh into the coasts of Judea, &c. This paragraph is explained at large in the notes on Matthew 19:1-11. From the beginning of the creation Therefore Moses, in the first chapter of Genesis, gives us an account of things from the beginning of the creation of this lower world. Does it not clearly follow from hence, that there was no creation here below, previous to that which Moses describes? Whosoever shall put away his wife, &c. Though this discourse of... read more

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