Mark 10:6

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
But	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
from	ἀπὸ apo	G575	"off · preposition
the beginning	ἀρχῆς archēs	G746	(properly abstract) a commencement · noun — genitive singular feminine
of the creation	κτίσεως ktiseōs	G2937	original formation (properly · noun — genitive singular feminine
God	θεός· theos	G2316	figuratively · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title
made	ἐποίησεν epoiēsen	G4160	to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
them	αὐτούς autous	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative plural masculine
male	ἄρσεν arsen	G730	male (as stronger for lifting) · adjective — accusative singular neuter
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
female	θῆλυ thēlu	G2338	female · adjective — accusative singular neuter

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Cross-references

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 2:20-23 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help mee…
Malachi 2:14-16 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously…
2 Peter 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of th…
Mark 13:19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 10:1-12

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. Here we have him in the coasts of Judea, by the further side of Jordan eastward, as we found him, not long since, in the utmost borders westward, near Tyre and Sidon. Thus was his circuit like that of the sun, from whose light and heat nothing is hid. Now here we have him, I. Resorted to by the people, Mar 10:1. Wherever he was, they flocked after him in crowds; they came to him again, as they had done when he had formerly been in these parts, and, as he…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 10:2

Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? - See this question about divorce largely explained on Mat 19:3-12 (note).

John Gill on Mark 10:6

But from the beginning of the creation,.... Of the world, or of man: , "from the beginning of the creation of the world", is a way of speaking often used by the Jews (r): the phrase "of the creation" is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions; and so it was in Beza's most ancient copy, and it is only read, "from the beginning", as in Mat_19:4,8; see Gill on Matthew 19:4, See Gill on Matthew 19:8. God made them male and female; the first that were created, Adam and Eve, the first parents of mankind, the first couple that came together were one male and one female; so that there could be no polygamy or divorce: Adam could not have more wives than one: nor could he put away Eve, and marr…

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John Calvin on Mark 10:2-12

Mark 10:2-12 Matthew 19:3-9 Mark 10:2-12 3. And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever? 4. Who answering said to them, Have you not read, that he who made them at first, [593] made them male and female? 5. And he said, Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall be one flesh. 6. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh: what God therefore hath joined, let not man separate. 7. They say to him, Why then did Moses order to give a letter of divorcement, and send her away? 8. He said to them, Moses, for the hardness of your heart, permitted you to divorce…

The Church Fathers

(ubi sup.) He says not male and females, which the sense would have required had it referred to the divorce of former wives, but male and female, so that they might be bound by the tie of one wife.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

From the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. This is written in the beginning of Genesis. By saying male and female, He showed that second marriages are to be avoided. For He did not say male and females, as was sought from a prior divorce, but male and female, so that they might be bound in the companionship of one spouse.
— Bede, On the Gospel of Mark

I will call your attention to the law of monogamy. The very origin of the human race sanctions it. It is abundantly clear that God ordained it at the beginning as a pattern for posterity. For after he had made Adam, and had foreseen the necessity of providing a helpmate for him, he borrowed from his loins one alone. One woman only did he design for man.
— Tertullian, EXHORTATION TO CHASTITY 5

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Divorce — The dissolution of the marriage tie was regulated by the Mosaic law (Deut. 24:1-4). The Jews, after the Captivity, were reguired to dismiss the foreign women they had married contrary to the law…
Husbands · Should have but one wife — Should have but one wife
Man · 17:7;42:5;43:7;45:12;64:8; — 17:7;42:5;43:7;45:12;64:8;
Polygamy · Forbid — Forbid

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 10:1-12

Adam Clarke on Mark 10:2

John Gill on Mark 10:6

John Calvin on Mark 10:2-12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 10:1-12

Adam Clarke on Mark 10:2

John Gill on Mark 10:6

John Calvin on Mark 10:2-12

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 10:5-9