Chapter # 10 Paragraph # 1 Study #1
June 20, 2023
Moss Bluff, Louisiana
(412)
1901 ASV
10:1 And he arose from thence and cometh into the borders of Judaea [and] beyond the Jordan: and multitudes come together unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
10:2 And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? trying him.
10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
10:5 But Jesus said unto them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.
10:6 But from the beginning of the creation, Male and female made he them.
10:7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;
10:8 and the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.
10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10:10 And in the house the disciples asked him again of this matter.
10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her:
10:12 and if she herself shall put away her husband, and marry another, she committeth adultery.
- I. The Larger Context.
- A. 9:1-13 -- Jesus Identified As the Kingdom's King.
- B. 9:14-29 -- Identity Reinforced By Power.
- C. 9:30-37 -- The Kingdom's Requirement Of Servanthood.
- D. 9:38-50 -- The Kingdom's Practice Of Reward.
- ** E. 10:1-12 -- The Attitude Which Blocks Participation (sklerokardian).
- F. 10:13-16 -- The Attitude Which Enables Participation.
- ** e. 10:17-27 -- The Attitude Which Blocks Participation.
- d. 10:28-31 -- The Kingdom's Practice Of Reward.
- c. 10:32-45 -- The Kingdom's Requirement Of Servanthood.
- b. 10:46-52 -- Identity Reinforced By Power.
- a. 11:1-11 -- Jesus Identified As the Kingdom's King.
- II. The Details.
- A. "From Thence He Is Going...".
- 1. There are only two texts in Mark that contain the words "thence" ("from there") and "is going".
- a. The first is 6:1 which introduces the final paragraph of the "with Him" segment that begins in 3:14 that addresses the larger context of the issues of "faith" and "unbelief".
- 1) This "from thence" text indicates His movement from the "faith" stories of the official of the synagogue with the dying daughter and the woman with the issue of blood to the "unbelief" of the hometown.
- 2) The text of 6:1 is "kai exelthen ekeithen kai ercetai eis..." and the text of 10:1 is "kai ekeithen anastas erchetai eis..." (the 'from there' is identified as Capernaum in 9:33).
- a) The relative "exactness" of these two phrases is not accidental.
- b) The significance is the link between the "attitudes" of the home town crowd in 6:1-6 and that of the Pharisees in 10:1-12 (both seriously antagonistic).
- b. The second is 10:1 where the paragraph is presented as a conflict between the Pharisees and Jesus over God's "permissions" because of "hardness of heart".
- 2. Thus, He arose and departed Capernaum to go to "the regions of the Judea beyond the Jordan".
- B. "Beyond The Jordan".
- 1. This phrase is only found in 3:8 and 10:1.
- a. In both texts, there "is coming together" a "crowd".
- b. In 10:2, there have come "Pharisees" who were asking Him about divorce, and the text says they "were testing Him".
- c. This is on the heels of 8:15 where these "Pharisees" are "leavened" with a dangerous "leaven" and prior to 15:10 where Mark reveals the reason for the deadly opposition to Him that has led to His "trial" before Pilate: "jealousy".
- 2. This "beyond the Jordan" phrase simply records the extreme popularity of Jesus.
- C. "He Was Teaching Them".
- 1. This is a "habitual" response by Jesus to "crowds".
- 2. That He was "teaching" signifies several things...
- a. As at the very first, His "teaching" was significantly contradictory to that of the religious establishment.
- b. As is always the case, a "teacher" has the potential to influence what those who hear him "think" in terms of "love" and "faith".
- c. And, as is always the case, there are those who will lose their influence and, subsequently, their status -- and, potentially, their livelihood on multiple levels.
- d. Additionally, that this was "habitual" indicates the primacy of understanding that God has placed upon all "ministry" efforts.
