Matthew 21:18

Matthew 21:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
• New International Version (NIV)Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry.

Context of Matthew 21:18

16and they said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus replied to them, “Yes; have you never read [in the Scripture], ‘Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have prepared and provided praise for Yourself’?” 17Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there. Now early in the morning, as Jesus was coming back to the city, He was hungry. 19Seeing a lone fig tree at the roadside, He went to it and found nothing but leaves on it; and He said to it, “Never again will fruit come from you.” And at once the fig tree withered. 20When the disciples saw it, they were astonished and asked, “How is it that the fig tree has withered away all at once?”

Matthew 21:18 word by word

πρωῒ δὲ ἐπανάγων εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἐπείνασεν,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• in the morningπρωΐαprōia · early morningG4405
• as he returnedἐπανάγωepanagō · to set offG1877
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the cityὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172
• he hungeredπεινάωpeinaō · to hungerG3983

Cross-references for Matthew 21:18

• Mark 11:12On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He was hungry.
• Matthew 4:2After He had gone without food for forty days and forty nights, He became hungry.
• Matthew 12:1At that particular time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
• Luke 4:2for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they ended, He was hungry.
• Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize and understand our weaknesses and temptations, but One who has been tempted [knowing exactly how it feels to be human] in every respect as we are, yet without [committing any] sin.

Commentaries on Matthew 21:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Now in the morning, as he returned into the city - Which was his custom from the time he wholly left Jerusalem, spending only the day time teaching in the temple; see Matthew 21:17. This was probably on Thursday, the 12th day of the month Nisan. He hungered - Probably neither he, nor his disciples, had any thing but what they got from public charity; and the hand of that seems to have been cold at this time.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 This paragraph contains the account of the barren fig-tree, and of the cleansing of the temple. See also Mark 11:12-19; Luke 19:45-48. Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God … - From Mark 11:11-15, it is probable that this cleansing of the temple did not take place on the day that he entered Jerusalem in triumph, but on the day following. He came and looked round upon all things, Mark says, and went out to Bethany with the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-22Verses 18-22 This cursing of the barren fig-tree represents the state of hypocrites in general, and so teaches us that Christ looks for the power of religion in those who profess it, and the savour of it from those that have the show of it. His just expectations from flourishing professors are often disappointed; he comes to many, seeking fruit, and finds leaves only. A false profession commonly withers in this world, and it is the effect of Christ's…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 21:18

• Hunger
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Reproof

In the dictionaries

• Authority
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• Grind
• Loose
• Move
• Presently
• Reverence
• Seat
• Thief
• Fig, Fig-Tree

Commentaries on Matthew 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings