Mark 10:2

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

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WEBBE

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

BSB

Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.

KJV

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

ASV

And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? trying him.

BBE

And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?

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καὶ kai And G2532 προσελθόντες proselthontes having come to [him] G4334 οἱ hoi the G3588 Φαρισαῖοι Pharisaioi Pharisees G5330 ἐπηρώτων epērōtōn were questioning G1905 αὐτὸν auton Him G846 εἰ ei if G1487 ἔξεστιν exestin it is lawful G1832 ἀνδρὶ andri for a husband G435 γυναῖκα gunaika a wife G1135 ἀπολῦσαι apolusai to divorce G630 πειράζοντες peirazontes testing G3985 αὐτόν auton Him G846

The early church

(ubi sup.) Mark the difference of temper in the multitude and in the Pharisees. The former meet together, in order to be taught, and that their sick may be healed, as Matthew relates; the latter come to Him, to try to deceive their Saviour by tempting Him. Wherefore there follows, And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting Him. (Matt. 19:2)
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
They come to Him indeed, and do not quit Him, lest the multitudes should believe on Him; and by continually coming to Him, they thought to bring Him into difficulty, and to confuse Him by their questions. For they proposed to Him a question, which had on either side a precipice, so that whether He said that it was lawful for a man to put away his wife, or that it was not lawful, they might accuse Him, and contradict what He said, out of the doctrines of Moses. Christ, therefore, being Very Wisdom, in answering their question, avoids their snares.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena 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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Matthew 19:3

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