Mark 10:6

However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Jesus speaks to his disciples and the surrounding crowd about divorce, redirecting their focus from Mosaic allowances to the original design. He addresses them at that moment to establish the foundational pattern for marriage.

The words — ἀρχῆς (archēs) literally means “beginning,” and κτίσεως (ktiseōs) means “of creation.” ἐποίησεν (epoiēsen) translates directly as “He made.”

The thread — This phrasing echoes Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 5:2, where God’s creative act establishes male and female as a paired reality. It also recalls Genesis 1:1’s framing of the beginning of creation.

Why it lands — The text asserts that God’s initial creative act, not later legal concessions, defines the marital structure. A reader must accept that the original design governs present practice, regardless of subsequent allowances.

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The Greek words

ἀπὸapoFrom δὲdehowever ἀρχῆςarchēs[the] beginning κτίσεωςktiseōsof creation ἄρσενarsenMale καὶkaiand θῆλυthēlufemale ἐποίησενepoiēsenHe made αὐτούςautousthem’ὁho<the>θεός·theosGod;

King James Version

But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

Cross-references

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 5:2 Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them “man.”
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 2:20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
Malachi 2:14 Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
2 Peter 3:4 “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
Mark 13:19 For those will be days of tribulation unseen from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.