Mark 10:4

4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of forsaking [Moses suffered to write a libel of forsaking], and to forsake.

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 Pharisees came, and asked him, Whether it be leaveful to a man to leave his wife? and they tempted him. [+And Pharisees coming nigh, asked him, If it is leaveful to a man to leave, or forsake, his wife? tempting him.]

3 And he answered, and said to them, What commanded Moses to you?

4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of forsaking [Moses suffered to write a libel of forsaking], and to forsake.

5 And Jesus answered, and said to them, For the hardness of your heart Moses wrote to you this commandment [+To the hardness of your heart Moses wrote to you this precept/To the hardness of your heart he wrote to you this commandment].

6 But from the beginning of creature God made them male and female;