1. Marc 10:12 (NEG79)
  2. Explication du texte

Why does Jesus talk of a woman divorcing her husband when in Jewish society only men had the right to divorce?

Mark (Marc) 10:12 (ESV)

12 and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Jesus shows us that women are to be treated as equal partners in marriage and not as property.1

It is true that in Jewish society of the time women could not request a divorce. But in the Greek and Roman world they could.2,3