Marcos 10

Marcos 10

MacDonald - Taken by itself, this verse would indicate that divorce is forbidden under all circumstances. But in Matt. 19:9 (and Mt 5:32), He made an exception. Where one partner has been guilty of immorality, the other is permitted to get a divorce and is presumably free to remarry. It is also possible that 1 Cor. 7:15 permits divorce when an unbelieving partner deserts a Christian spouse. Matthew adds details about Jesus' conversation with the disciples not found in Mark's version which shows that the disciples understood the seriousness of Jesus words about divorce. In light of this "The disciples said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.” 11 But He said to them, “Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given. 12 “For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.” (Matthew 19:10-12+ ) Heibert - The two verbs put away (divorce) and marry are aorists, picturing the actual release of the wife and the entrance into marriage with another woman. Put away is the basic sin, for it unjustly disrupts a union which God intended to be indissoluble. His marriage to another adds to his sin in that it establishes an adulterous relationship. (Jesus is here stating the basic rule, and the exception clause is not brought in.) Among the Jews the prevailing reason for divorce was for the very purpose of marrying another. To divorce the wife was a sin, but not adultery; the guilt of adultery came with marrying another. Against her has been understood in two ways: it refers to either the first or the second wife. Under the latter view, the man is guilty of bringing adultery upon the woman with whom he now lives. More probably, the reference is to the first wife. He thus makes himself guilty of committing adultery against her.