Mark 10:8

8 and ¹the two shall become one flesh. ’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.

Mark 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:8

And the twain shall be one flesh
This is the remaining part of the citation out of ( Genesis 2:24 ) ; (See Gill on Matthew 19:5);

so then they are no more twain; but one flesh;
as Adam and Eve were both by creation and marriage: and so two persons, a man and woman, being lawfully married together, become one flesh, or "one body", as the Arabic and Persic versions render the phrase; and therefore the wife is to be loved by the husband as his own body, and from whom there should be no separation, until death, but in case of adultery; (See Gill on Matthew 19:6).

Mark 10:8 In-Context

6 But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female. ’

7 ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,

8 and the two shall become one flesh. ’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.

9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. ”

10 And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter.

Cross References

• 1. 10:8 1 Cor. 6:16; [Mal. 2:15]