Mark 10:9 Meaning and Explanation
“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Mark 10:9 Mean?
Here is the verdict the test question never anticipated. The Pharisees asked what a man may lawfully do; Jesus answers with what God has already done. Behind the vows and the household stands God's own act of joining, a word that pictures two yoked together.
If God is the joiner, then marriage is holy ground, and pulling it apart is trespass on his handiwork. The saying shelters the vulnerable from casual dismissal and humbles every power that treats covenant lightly. What God joins, he means to hold.
Mark 10:9 in the Original Language
syzeugnymi (συζεύγνυμι), 'joined together' -- to yoke together as one team.
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What does Mark 10:9 mean?
Jesus concludes: what God has joined together, man must not put asunder.