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Mark 10:2 KJV
Mark · chapter 10 · verse 2
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.Mark 10:2 · King James Version
Mark 10:2 in context
1And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, 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.
3And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PhariseespharisaiosA sect that seems to have started after the Jewish exile. In addition to OT books the…G5330 →
- temptingpeirazōto try whether a thing can be done, to attempt, endeavour, to try, make trial of, test…G3985 →
- lawfulexestiit is lawfulG1832 →
- askedeperōtaōto accost one with an enquiry, put a question to, enquiry of, ask, interrogate, to…G1905 →
- awayapolyōto set free, to let go, dismiss, , a petitioner to whom liberty to depart is given by a…G630 →
- wifegynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
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Our Lord Jesus was an itinerant Preacher, did not continue long in a place, for the whole land of Canaan was his parish, or diocese, and therefore he would visit every part of it, and give instructions to those in the remotest corners of it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12