Mark 10:12

If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”

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WEBBE

If a woman herself divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

BSB

And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”

KJV

And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

ASV

and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.

BBE

And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

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καὶ kai And G2532 ἐὰν ean if G1437 αὐτὴ autē she G846 ἀπολύσασα apolusasa having divorced G630 τὸν ton the G3588 ἄνδρα andra husband G435 αὐτῆς autēs of her G846 καὶ kai and G2532 γαμήσῃ gamēsē shall marry G1060 ἄλλον allon another G243 μοιχᾶται.¶ moichatai she commits adultery G3429

The early church

(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) The Lord calls by the name of adultery cohabitation with her who is not a man's wife; she is not, however, a wife, whom a man has taken to him, after quitting his first; and for this reason he commits adultery upon her, that is, upon the second, whom he brings in. And the same thing is true in the case of the woman; wherefore it goes on, And if a woman shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery; for she cannot be joined to another as her own husband, if she leave him who is really her own husband. The law indeed forbade what was plainly adultery; but the Saviour forbids this, which was neither plain, nor known to all, though it was contrary to nature.
Pseudo-Chrysostom · d. 500Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–12

Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He here shows that the reason why Moses' law allowed divorce, was such that they ought not to use the permission; it was only for the hardness of their hearts. God himself joined man and wife together; he has fitted them to be comforts and helps for each other. The bond which God has tied, is not to be lightly untied. Let those who are for putting away their wives consider what would become of themselves, if God should deal with them in like manner.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.