Mark 10:3

3 And he answered and sayd vnto the: what dyd Moses byd you do?

Mark 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:3

And he answered and said unto them
Very prudently and wisely,

what did Moses command you?
according to Matthew, he put another question to them; see ( Matthew 19:4 ) ; no doubt but both were put, and this after they had urged the authority and law of Moses: and therefore be very pertinently asks them, what Moses had said about divorces, what law he had left; and puts them upon producing and repeating it, that the sense of it might be examined, and it be considered, upon what account it was given.

Mark 10:3 In-Context

1 And he rose from thence and went into ye coostes of Iurie through the region yt is beyonde Iordan. And ye people resorted vnto him afresshe: and as he was wont he taught them agayne.

2 And the pharises came and axed him a question: whether it were laufull for a ma to put awaye his wyfe: to prove him.

3 And he answered and sayd vnto the: what dyd Moses byd you do?

4 And they sayde: Moses suffred to wryte a testimoniall of devorsement and to put hyr awaye.

5 And Iesus answered and sayd vnto the: For ye hardnes of youre hertes he wrote this precept vnto you.