Mark 10 · Verse 8

Mark 10:8

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Mark 10:8, King James Version

Mark 10:8 in other translations

BSBand the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
WEBand the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
ASVand the two shall become one flesh: so that they are no more two, but one flesh.
YLTand they shall be--the two--for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;
DARBYand the two shall be one flesh: so that they are no longer two but one flesh.
BBEAnd the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
WebsterAnd they two shall be one flesh: so then they are no more two, but one flesh.

What does Mark 10:8 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 8.

(h) "one flesh" 1Cor 6:16, Eph 5:31

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 10:1-12

Wherever Jesus was, the people flocked after him in crowds, and he taught them. Preaching was Christ's constant practice. He here shows that the reason why Moses' law allowed divorce, was such that they ought not to use the permission; it was only for the hardness of their hearts. God himself joined man and wife together; he has fitted them to be comforts and helps for each other. The bond which God has tied, is not…

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Mark 10:8 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiandG2532
ἔσονταιesontaiwill beG1510
οἱhoitheG3588
δύοduotwoG1417
εἰςeisforG1519
σάρκαsarkafleshG4561
μίανmianone’G1520
ὥστεhōsteThereforeG5620
οὐκέτιouketino longerG3756
εἰσὶνeisinthey areG1510
δύοduotwoG1417
ἀλλὰallabutG235
μίαmiaoneG1520
σάρξ.sarxflesh.G4561

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 10:8

  • Ephesians 5:28

    So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

  • Genesis 2:24

    Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:16

    What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
one flesh.
1Co 6:16; Eph 5:28

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 10:7

    For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

  • Mark 10:8

    And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

  • Mark 10:9

    What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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Mark 10:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los que eran dos, serán hechos una carne: así que no son más dos, sino una carne.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et les deux seront une seule chair; ainsi ils ne sont plus deux, mais une seule chair.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und es werden die zwei ein Fleisch sein"; also sind sie nicht mehr zwei, sondern ein Fleisch.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et erunt duo in carne una. Itaque jam non sunt duo, sed una caro.