Mark 10:4

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

Mark 10:4 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 10:4

And they said
By way of reply,

Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away,
Moses did not command them to divorce their wives, only suffered them to do so: and gave orders that if they could not bear that they should live with them, but would divorce them, that they should give them a bill, which should certify, they were so divorced, and then send them out of their houses, free to marry other men; this law, or permission, is in ( Deuteronomy 24:1 ) , of the form of a bill of divorcement, (See Gill on Matthew 5:31).

Mark 10:4 In-Context

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.

6 But at the fyrste creacion God made the man and woman.