Mark 11:1-33
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED _be_ THE KINGDOM OF OUR FATHER DAVID] These words, peculiar to Mk, show that the people expected Him to set up an earthly kingdom like David's, and that immediately.... [ Continue Reading ]
CURSING OF THE FIG TREE (Matthew 21:18). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE (Matthew 21:12; Luke 19:45). See on Mt and on John 2:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Any_ VESSEL] This prohibition is peculiar to Mk. The people make a thoroughfare through the Temple, carrying with them baskets, household utensils, etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF ALL NATIONS] These words, though found in Isaiah 56:7, are recorded only by Mk. They show that our Lord distinctly contemplated the call of the Gentiles.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WITHERING OF THE FIG TREE. THE POWER OF FAITH (Matthew 21:20). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
This v. does not occur in the parallel passage in Mt, but there is something similar in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:14). STAND] The customary attitude of prayer: see on Matthew 6:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
This v. is omitted by many modern critics; but there is considerable evidence for its retention: cp. Matthew 6:15; Matthew 18:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST'S AUTHORITY TO TEACH (Matthew 21:23; Luke 20:1). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]