Mark 10:2 (LSB)

Passage

And some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

Nearby Context

Mark 10:1 And standing up, He went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them.

Mark 10:2 And some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife.

Mark 10:3 And He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”

Mark 10:4 And they said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "some", "pharisees", "came", "jesus", "testing", "began", "question", and "whether". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "some" and "pharisees", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And standing up He went from there..." into verse 3's "And He answered and said to them...", so "some" and "pharisees" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "some" and "pharisees" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.