Mark 10:8

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

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οὐκέτι

oukéti

G3765

“no longer”

Adverb, Negative

Appears 47× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 19:6

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from G3756 and G2089

TDNT: None

1. no longer, no more, no further

About this verse

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14: words
10: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

οὐκέτι no longer G3765 occurs in 45 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Repetition

Words recur within this verse:

ἔσονται to be G1510 ×2
δύο two G1417 ×2
σάρκα flesh G4561 ×2
μίαν one G1520 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Mark 10:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Ephesians 5:28 Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
1 Corinthians 6:16 Or don't you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, "The two," says he, "will become one flesh."

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Commentary

Notes on Mark 10:8 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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John Gill's Exposition

And the twain shall be one flesh,.... This is the remaining part of the citation out of Gen 2:24; See Gill on Mat 19:5;

so then they are no more twain; but one flesh; as Adam and Eve were both by creation and marriage: and so two persons, a man and woman, being lawfully married together, become one flesh, or "one body", as the Arabic and Persic versions render the phrase; and therefore the wife is to be loved by the husband as his own body, and from whom there should be no separation, until death, but in case of adultery; See Gill on Mat 19:6.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

8. ἔσονται … εἰς. Cf. Heb 1:5; Heb 8:10, and see on 2Co 6:18.

ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσίν. For the constr. cf. Mar 2:28; Joh 3:16; etc. The indic. after ὥστε states an actual result.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

International Critical Commentary

8. κ. ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν—and the two shall become one flesh.1 οἱ δύο is not found in the Heb., but was introduced into the Sept. It adds nothing to the meaning, though it strengthens the expression of it. ἔσονται εἰς is a Hebraism, denoting the coming into a state.2 The union pointed out is a physical one, being that to which the sexual relation points—they shall become one flesh. The sexual act unites them, makes them one, the same as the junction of two streams make one river, the union of hydrogen and oxygen in certain proportions makes one substance, water, the mechanical joining of different parts fitted to each other makes the one structure. ὥστε οὐκέτι εἰσὶ δύο, ἀλλὰ μίυ σάρξ—so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. This is our Lord’s inference from the preceding quotation. The duality no longer exists; it has been replaced by this structural unity. Before, there had been two beings structurally fitted for each other; now, their union makes this new structural unity. If they had remained two, they would be separate; but being now structurally one, they belong together.

International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament

Marvin R. Vincent

Shall be one flesh [εσονται εις σαρκα μιαν] . Lit., "shall be unto one flesh." The preposition expresses more graphically than the A. V. the becoming of one from two. So Rev., shall become.

Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Lesson kit

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Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 14 words (10 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is oukéti (“no longer”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “no longer” (oukéti) contribute to the verse as a whole?
Matthew 19:6 shares the word «no longer» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“to be” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
Reading how John Gill's Exposition and Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 8 words in this verse.
“to be” occurs 2× in this single verse.
10 distinct Greek lemmas span 14 words in this verse.