Mark 10:9

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:1-12 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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this question about divorce explained in the notes at Matthew 19:1-12.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 10

Mr 10:1-12. Final Departure from Galilee—Divorce. ( = Mt 19:1-12; Lu 9:51).

See on [1471]Mt 19:1-12.

Matthew Poole's Commentary

See Poole on "Mark 10:3"

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

What therefore God hath joined together,.... See Gill on Matthew 19:6.

Geneva Study Bible

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

9. What therefore God] In Genesis 2:24 these are the words of Adam; in St Matthew 19:4 the words of God; in St Mark the words of Christ. They are words of Adam as uttering prophetically a Divine, fundamental, ordinance; they are words of God as being eternally valid; they are words of Christ, as rules for Christian life re-established by Him, Who “adorned and beautified” the holy estate of matrimony with His presence and first miracle at Cana of Galilee.

Bengel's Gnomen

[9. Ὁ Θεὸς—ἄνθρωπος, God—man) Whatsoever God doeth and ordaineth, it is man’s part to regard as an established principle. It is an impiety to accept as authoritative what God rejects; or to approve of what God censures.—V. g.]

Mark 10:9

Vincent's Word Studies

What

Regarding the two as one.