Mark 10:8

8 and the two will become one flesh,' so that 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 the creation, 'God made them male and female.
7 For this cause will a man leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,
8 and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."
10 In the house, his talmidim asked him again about the same matter.

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