Mark 10:2
Strong's Lexicon
[Some] Pharisees
Φαρισαῖοι (Pharisaioi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

came
προσελθόντες (proselthontes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4334: From pros and erchomai; to approach, i.e. come near, visit, or worship, assent to.

to test
πειράζοντες (peirazontes)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3985: To try, tempt, test. From peira; to test, i.e. Endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline.

Him.
αὐτόν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

Is it lawful
ἔξεστιν (exestin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1832: It is permitted, lawful, possible.

for a man
ἀνδρὶ (andri)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.

to divorce
ἀπολῦσαι (apolysai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 630: From apo and luo; to free fully, i.e. relieve, release, dismiss, or let die, pardon or divorce.

his wife ?
γυναῖκα (gynaika)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

they inquired
ἐπηρώτων (epērōtōn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1905: To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.

αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Some Pharisees came to test Him. Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? they inquired.

Young's Literal Translation
And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “ Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? ”

New American Standard Bible
[Some] Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and [began] to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

King James Bible
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

New Living Translation
Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: "Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife?"

English Standard Version
And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

New American Standard Bible
Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

King James Bible
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

International Standard Version
Some Pharisees came to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

NET Bible
Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"

American Standard Version
And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? trying him.

English Revised Version
And there came unto him Pharisees, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

Young's Literal Translation
And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,
















Cross References
Mark 10:1
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

Mark 10:3
And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

John 8:6
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

1 Corinthians 7:10
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

Mark 1:1
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

Mark 9:50
Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Mark 9:49
For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

Mark 10:4
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.

Mark 10:5
And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
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