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A Rule for a Roman World
Commentators consistently note that this clause about a wife divorcing her husband is unique to Mark's Gospel. They explain that while Jewish law did not typically permit this, Roman law did. Mark likely included this detail for his Roman audience, showing that Jesus's teaching on the sanctity of marriage applies universally, not just within a Jewish legal framework.
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AT Robertson
On Mark 10:12
If she herself shall put away her husband and marry another (εαν αυτη απολυσασα τον ανδρα αυτης γαμηση). Condition of the third cl…
Charles Ellicott
On Mark 10:2–12
19th Century
Bishop
And the Pharisees came to him. (See Notes on Matthew 19:3-12). We are not surprised to find St. Mark omitting the “hard s…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Mark 10:12
Mark records no response of the Pharisees to Jesus’ teaching about divorce. Instead he moves directly to Jesus’ private teaching of the Twelve, who…
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John Gill
On Mark 10:12
17th Century
Pastor
And if a woman shall put away her husband
Not that there was the same law, or the same sufferance by the law of Mose…
Matthew Henry
On Mark 10:1–12
17th Century
Minister
Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He shows here that the re…