Mark 10:1. From thence. From Capernaum, the final departure from Galilee.

And beyond the Jordan (Perea). The common reading is ‘through the farther side of (beyond) the Jordan.' John's narrative shows that he visited Jerusalem at least twice in the interval, and hence this account is literally correct. He had already been in Perea, or at least on the borders (John 10:40), after the feast of dedication and before the raising of Lazarus.

Come together unto him again. As they had done on the previous visit (John 16 : 41, 42), or as occurred in Galilee (Mark 10:2-9). The accounts of Mark and Matthew agree closely, but the former puts the law of Moses first, and then that of Paradise.

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Old Testament