God himself joined man and wife together; he has fitted them to be comforts and helps for each other. '". Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”, Mark 10:9 (NKJV) Those who have spiritual eyesight, see that beauty in Christ which will draw them to run after him. Mark 10:9 (LEB) Mark 10:9 (CEB) ", Mark 10:9 (NLT) Ὁ Θεὸς — ἄνθρωπος, God—man) Whatsoever God doeth and ordaineth, it is man’s part to regard as an established principle. The disciples, like … 45. shall be--that is, "let him be, or "shall be he who is prepared to be." He that goes down the deepest in these services of self-denying humility shall rise the highest and hold the chiefest place in that kingdom; even as the Son of man, whose abasement and self-sacrifice for others, transcending all, gives Him of right a place above all!" Verses 46-52 Bartimeus had heard of Jesus and his miracles, and learning that he was passing by, hoped to recover his eyesight. And they were in the way--on the road. 6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. So then, no one should break apart what God has joined together. —This also is peculiar to St. Mark, and it is noticeable, as being the only passage in our Lord’s teaching which distinctly states the case referred to, and passes sentence on the wife who divorces her husband and marries again, as well as on the husband who divorces his wife, and the wife who is so divorced. Because God created this organic union of the two sexes, no one should desecrate his art by cutting them apart. And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again--Singularly explicit as this announcement was, Luke ( Luke 18:34 ) says "they understood none of these things; and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken." For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many--"instead of many," that is, "In the kingdom about to be set up, this principle shall have no place. Thy faith has made thee whole: faith in Christ as the Son of David, and in his pity and power; not thy repeated words, but thy faith; Christ setting thy faith to work. — Mark 10:7-9 NLT. and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with--(Compare for the language, Psalms 42:7 ). ", Mark 10:9 (WNT) The bond which God has tied, is not to be lightly untied. Mark 10:9, NLT: "let no one split apart what God has joined together. Even when gainers by Christ, let them still expect to suffer for him, till they reach heaven. Reason #1: Interpreting Mark 7:19 to mean that Yeshua abrogated the food laws would disqualify Yeshua as the Messiah of Israel. “Questioning … what the rising from the dead should mean”: Like most of the Jewish people (the Sadducees being notable exceptions), the disciples believed in a … And can we blame the ten for the indignation which they felt? At Mark 8:34 Jesus “called the crowd to him with his disciples". Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. ", Mark 10:9 (NIV) Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. He asks Christ what he shall do more than he has done, to obtain eternal life; and Christ puts it to him, whether he has indeed that firm belief of, and that high value for eternal life which he seems to have. ( = Matthew 19:13-15 Luke 18:15-17 ). ", &c. Many" is here to be taken, not in contrast with few or with all, but in opposition to one--the one Son of man for the many sinners. Jesus ordered that they should be brought to him, and that nothing should be said or done to hinder it. Christ shows them that dominion was generally abused in the world. divorces his wife: Or “sends his wife away.”Jesus’ words as recorded by Mark must be understood in the light of the more complete statement at Mt 19:9, which includes the phrase “except on the grounds of sexual immorality.” (See study note on Mt 5:32. This traceability serves to instill a sen… ", So a man must not separate what God has joined together. AMPC. Mark 10:9 (WBT) What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.". ", Mark 10:9 (NRSA) The true rendering, then, of this clause, we take it, is this: "But to sit on My right hand and on My left hand is not Mine to give, save to them for whom it is prepared." (32-45) Bartimeus healed. The semblance of a plea for so presumptuous a request might possibly have been drawn from the fact that one of the two usually leaned on the breast of Jesus, or sat next Him at meals, while the other was one of the favored three. The object of this question seems to have been to try how far those two men were capable of the dignity to which they aspired and this on the principle that he who is able to suffer most for His sake will be the nearest to Him in His kingdom. ὃ οὖν ὁ θεὸς συνέζευξεν ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω. (1-12) Christ's love to little children. On these grounds, Christ proclaimed that no one should separate a marriage union. Mark 10:8, NLT: "and the two are united into one.'. let no one split apart what God has joined together.”, Mark 10:9 (NRS) ", Therefore what God has joined together, man must not separate.". "What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate. These artless, lifelike touches--not only from an eye-witness, but one whom the noble carriage of the Master struck with wonder and awe--are peculiar to Mark, and give the second Gospel a charm all its own; making us feel as if we ourselves were in the midst of the scenes it describes. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. The greatest trial of a good man's constancy is, when love to Jesus calls him to give up love to friends and relatives. ", let no one split apart what God has joined together.”, Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.". THE RICH YOUNG RULER. (1-2) A test from the Pharisees: is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire--thus cautiously approaching the subject. (13-16) Christ's discourse with the rich young man. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. That they should have clung so tenaciously to the popular notion of an "unsuffering" Messiah, may surprise us; but it gives inexpressible weight to their after-testimony to a suffering and dying Saviour. ", Therefore, don't let anyone separate what God has joined together. ( = Matthew 20:29-34 , Luke 18:35-43 ). Therfore what God hath cuppled let not ma separat. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. Nevertheless, the marriage bond should be the strongest of unions, and recent sociological innovations such as no-fault divorce and even birth control (itself not necessarily a bad thing) have led to a revisionist view that says rather than for the population of the world with godly offspring (Gen 1:28), and the illustration to the world of both the union of the Trinity and the mystery that is the relationship between Christ and his bride, the Church (Eph 5:32), marriage is for happiness. His eyes were opened.