The Servant King
So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. Mark 10:11 · Berean Standard Bible
Jesus said plainly, 'Whoever divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery against her.' He gave women a dignity and standing that the culture denied them.
In that time, men had all the power in marriage. Jesus flipped the script by saying wives deserve the same faithfulness and respect as husbands.
Jesus speaks directly about the reality of divorce and remarriage.
In a world where divorce was a man's right and a woman had no say, Jesus declared that she mattered — that breaking faith with her was a sin against her. Revolutionary.
Jesus states categorically that divorce and remarriage constitutes adultery 'against her' (ep' autēn), a remarkable statement in a culture where adultery was defined only as a violation of another man's rights.
By saying a man commits adultery 'against her,' Jesus elevates the wife to a status of equal dignity and rights — a revolutionary position in first-century Judaism.
Jesus gives private, unambiguous teaching to His disciples.
In private, Jesus makes an extraordinary claim: a man who divorces and remarries commits adultery against his wife. In a patriarchal culture, this recognition of a woman's rights was radical.
9Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
10When they were back inside the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter.
11So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
13Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
Read all of Mark 10 — Jesus redefines greatness. The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve — and to give His life as a ransom.
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