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Mark 10:8 Cross-References
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“And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.”
Mark 10:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Mark 10:8
Jesus concluded: 'the twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh' (ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν· ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσὶν δύο ἀλλὰ μία σάρξ). The phrase 'one flesh' (mia sarx, μία σάρξ) describes profound unity—physical, emotional, spiritual. 'Flesh' (sarx) refers to whole person, not just physical body. Marriage creates ontological union where two individuals become single entity. This unity is God's creative act ('they are' is passive—God makes them one). The emphatic repetition—'no more twain, but one'—stresses indissoluble unity. This establishes marriage as covenant...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Mark 10:8
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“So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.”
“and will join with his wife”
“The two, says he”