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Mark 11:13
and seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, He came, if haply He might find anything thereon; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
and seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, He came, if haply He might find anything thereon; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Verse Mark 11:13. _FOR THE TIME OF FIGS WAS NOT YET._] Rather, _For it_ _was not the season of gathering figs yet_. This I am fully persuaded is the true _sense_ of this passage, ου γαρ ην καιρος συκ...
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 21:18. Mark 11:11 INTO THE TEMPLE - Not into the edifice properly called “the temple,” but into the “courts” which surrounded the principal edifice....
PART III. THE SERVANT IN JERUSALEM PRESENTED AS KING AND REJECTED -- Chapter s 11-13 Chapter 11 __ 1. The Servant enters into Jerusalem. (Mark 11:1 .Matthew 21:1; Luke 19:28;...
THE CURSING OF THE FIG-TREE. Though it is difficult to believe that Jesus spent only one crowded week in Jerusalem, Mk. here becomes confidently precise in chronology, and he tells the story of the fi...
THE COMING OF THE KING (Mark 11:1-6)...
,20-21 When, on the next day, they were coming out from Bethany, Jesus was hungry. From a distance he saw a fig-tree in leaf, and he went to it to see if he would find anything on it. When he came to...
SEEING. Greek _eidon._ App-133. A FIG TREE. The symbol of Israel as to national privilege. HAVING LEAVES. Compare Mark 13:28. Summer was not near. Symbolical of Israel at that time. CAME. went. IF...
_seeing a fig tree_ The very name Bethany means "_the place for dates_," while Bethphage is "_the place for the green or winter fig_," a variety which remains on the trees through the winter, having r...
ἸΔῺΝ ΣΥΚΗ͂Ν�. It was a single tree by the roadside (Mt.), and its having leaves before the season would make it conspicuous. See on Mark 5:6 for the pleonastic ἀπό. ΕἸ ἌΡΑ ΤΙ ΕὙΡΉΣΕΙ. _Si quid forte i...
12–14. THE BRAGGART FIG-TREE Matthew 21:18-19...
Ver 11. And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when He had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, He went out unto Bethany with the twelve. 12. And on t...
_JUDGMENT AGAINST A FRUITLESS TREE AND A FILTHY TEMPLE MARK 11:12-19:_ The human side of Jesus is seen often in the gospels. Early the next morning as he journeyed from Bethany to Jerusalem He was hun...
ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть. Аог. описывает предшествующее действие, ΣΥΚΉ (G4808) смоковница, ΜΑΚΡΌΘΕΝ (G3113) _adv._ издалека, ΈΧΟΥΣΑΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) и...
AND SEEING A FIG-TREE, &C.— The time of the year when this event happened, was undoubtedly three or four days before the passover at which our Saviour was crucified; and the passover that year fell in...
B. MONDAY: 1. THE BARREN FIG TREE. 11:12-14. _TEXT 11:12-14_ And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered. And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he...
_SUMMARY 11:1 TO 12:44_ In this section the historian has presented only one miracle, that of withering the barren fig-tree. The section is chiefly taken up with conversations and speeches, in which s...
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. AND SEEING A...
3 11 See Mat_21:10-11 12-14 Compare Mat_21:18-19 12 A beautiful figure of the condition of Israel at that time is found in the barren fig tree. On a fruitful fig tree the figs form before the leave...
JESUS RIDES INTO JERUSALEM. THE FIG TREE. CLEANSING THE TEMPLE; CHRIST'S AUTHORITY CHALLENGED 1-11. The entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1; Luke 19:29; John 12:12). See on Mt and Jn....
CURSING OF THE FIG TREE (Matthew 21:18). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 11 CHRIST THE KING COMES TO JERUSALEM VERSES 1-11 Jesus and the crowd were near Je...
CHAPTER 11:12-14, 20-25 (MARK 11:12; MARK 11:20) THE BARREN FIG-TREE "And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, He hungered. And seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, He came, if h...
εἰ ἄρα, if in the circumstances; leaves there, creating expectation. εὑρήσει : future indicative; subjunctive, more regular. ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς, etc., for it was not the season of figs. This in Mk. only. Th...
_The fig tree on the way_ (Matthew 21:18-19)....
PRAISE AND FEAR GREET JESUS' APPROACH Mark 11:1-19 On the first day of Passion Week a gleam of light fell athwart the Master's path as He rode into Jerusalem. It was a lowly triumph. The humble ass w...
This is the one occasion in the life of Jesus on which He of set purpose, and in such a way as to be understood of the crowds, took the position and accepted the homage of a King. Afterward the discip...
(2) And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not [yet]. (2) An ex...
He came, if perhaps, &c. Christ knew there was no fruit upon it, and that it was not the season, or a season for figs. See Matthew xxi. 19, what instruction he designed to give his disciples by what h...
THE BARREN FIG-TREE Matthew 21:18-19; Mark 11:12-14. _“And on the following day, they having come out from Bethany, He was hungry.”_ Doubtless He had enjoyed the kind hospitality of Mary, Martha, and...
(12) And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: (13) And seeing a fig tree afar off; having leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything thereon: and when he came to it, h...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
_THE BARREN FIG TREE_ ‘And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, He … said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And His disciples heard it.’ Mark 11:13 This incident is also a...
In that which follows (chapter 11) Jesus presents Himself to Jerusalem as King. His reception shews the extent to which the testimony He had rendered had acted on the hearts of the simple. God ordaine...
AND SEEING A FIG TREE AFAR OFF,.... By the wayside, at some distance from him: HAVING LEAVES; very large and spreading, which made a great show, as if there might be fruit on it: HE CAME; unto it; e...
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not _yet_. Ver. 13, _The...
Mark 11:13. "And seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon; and when he came to it he found nothing but leaves, _for the time of figs was not yet_." B...
_On the morrow, when he was come from Bethany_ Where he had lodged, and was returning into the city; _he was hungry_, &c. See note on Matthew 21:18. _And seeing a fig-tree, having leaves_ The fig-tree...
The fig-tree cursed. Matthew 21:18-22....
ANY THING; any of the earlier crop, for the fig-tree bears crops at different times. THE TIME OF FIGS; of the crop which this tree might have borne. The curse represented the fate of the barren churc...
Mark 11:12-26 SERMON #1 TITLE: Nothing But Leaves TEXT: Mark 11:12-26 PROPOSITION: Many talk the talk, but do not walk the walk. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Applications READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1....
12-18 Christ looked to find some fruit, for the time of gathering figs, though it was near, was not yet come; but he found none. He made this fig-tree an example, not to the trees, but to the men of...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 11:11...
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VIII and did not discover (any). Wherefore, he says, He cursed the fig-tree,[8]...
Mark 11:13 And G2532 seeing G1492 (G5631) afar G3113 tree G4808 having G2192 (G5723) leaves G5444 went...
Order of Events. On _Monday morning_ the fig tree was cursed (Mark 11:12-14), on the same day the temple cleansed (Mark 11:15-19), the chief-priests murmuring at the children's Hosannas there (Matthew...
Mark 11:12. AND THEY SOUGHT TO LAY HANDS ON HIM. The three accounts supplement each other here. The purpose to seize Him is plainly stated in all. Mark shows that it was a continued effort (literally...
Mark 11:13. Afar off, or, ‘from afar.' Mark presents the appearance of the tree in the distance: having leaves. IF HAPLY. Because it had leaves. This scarcely implies doubt in _His_ mind, since the...
IF HAPLY HE MIGHT FIND ANYTHING THEREON (ε αρα τ ευρησε εν αυτη). This use of ε and the future indicative for purpose (to see if, a sort of indirect question) as in Acts 8:22; Acts 17:27. Jesus was...
LEAVES Fig trees which have retained their leaves through the winter usually have figs also. It was still too early for new leaves or fruit....
Mark 11:13 The words "for the time of figs was not yet" are not given as a reason why Christ found nothing but leaves. He went to this one tree which had leaves on it; and that, therefore, was one of...
Mark 11:12 The Barren Fig-tree. Consider: I. What is "fruit." The fruit of a tree is that which the sap formed in the branch; the sap, springing out of the root, passes through the stem, circulating...
CONTENTS: Official presentation of Jesus as King. The barren fig tree. Purifying of the temple. The prayer of faith. Jesus' authority questioned. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, disciples, John the Baptist...
Mark 11:1. _When they came nigh to Jerusalem._ This chapter, with the exception of a few words, is the same as Matthew 21. Mark 11:9. _They that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hos...
JESUS WAS HUNGRY. Even though it was not the right time for figs, the leaves should not have been there, unless there were figs on the tree. See notes on Matthew 21:12-22....
_And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves._ NOTHING BUT LEAVES I. There were many trees with leaves only upon them and yet none of these were cursed by the Saviour, save only this fig tree. Here...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 11:13 Since the fruit of the fig tree begins to appear about the same time as the leaves, the appearance of leaves in full bloom means that the figs should already have been growing....
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 11:12 Jesus’ first actions, after being hailed by the people as King, are to pass judgment on Jerusalem figuratively through the cursing of the fig tree and to cleanse the temple. Th...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 11:1 Entering and Judging Jerusalem. Jesus enters Jerusalem triumphantly, cleanses the temple, and authoritatively teaches both opponents and disciples....
JESUS CLEARS THE TEMPLE MATTHEW 21:10-19; MARK 11:11-19; LUKE 19:45-48; MATTHEW 21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem,
CHAPTER 11 1 _Christ rideth with triumph into Jerusalem_ : 12 _curseth the fruitless leafy tree_ : 15 _purgeth the temple_ : 20 _exhorteth his disciples to stedfastness of faith, and to forgive their...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 11:13. IF HAPLY.—If, _after all_—although not the proper time for fruit. Mark 11:17. The marginal rendering is preferable. Mark 11:19. See R. V....
EXPOSITION MARK 11:1 AND WHEN THEY DREW NIGH UNTO JERUSALEM, UNTO BETHPHAGE AND BETHANY, AT THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. St. Matthew (Matthew 21:1) says, "When they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and came unto B...
And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, [they were] at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go your way into the village over agains...
1 Samuel 6:9; Isaiah 5:7; Luke 10:31; Luke 12:6; Luke 12:7;...
Afar off. Peculiar to Mark. Having leaves. An unusual thing at that early season. If haply [ε ι α ρ α]. If, such being the case, i e., the tree having leaves - he might find fruit, which, in the fig,...
For it was not a season of figs — It was net (as we say) a good year for figs; at least not for that early sort, which alone was ripe so soon in the spring. If we render the words, It was not the seas...
(CF. MARK 11:12-14; MARK 11:20)— When was the fig tree cursed by Jesus, before or after the temple was cleansed? PROBLEM: Matthew places the cursing of the fig tree after the cleansing of the temple....