Mark 11:20

Mark 11:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
• New International Version (NIV)In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

Context of Mark 11:20

18The chief priests and the scribes heard it and started looking for a way to kill him. For they were afraid of him, because the whole crowd was astonished by his teaching. 19Whenever evening came, they would go out of the city. Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up. 21Then Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” 22Jesus replied to them, “Have faith in God.

Mark 11:20 word by word

καὶ παραπορευόμενοι πρωῒ εἶδον τὴν συκῆν ἐξηραμμένην ἐκ ῥιζῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• in the morningπρωΐprōi · earlyG4404
• as they passed byπαραπορεύομαιparaporeuomai · to pass by/throughG3899
• they sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• the fig treeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the fig treeσυκῆsukē · fig treeG4808
• dried upξηραίνωxērainō · to dryG3583
• fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• the rootsῥίζαrhiza · rootG4491

Cross-references for Mark 11:20

• Mark 11:14He said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again!” And his disciples heard it.
• Job 18:16His roots below dry up, and his branches above wither away.
• Job 20:5the joy of the wicked has been brief and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?
• Isaiah 5:4What more could I have done for my vineyard than I did? Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
• Isaiah 40:24They are barely planted, barely sown, their stem hardly takes root in the ground when he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
• Matthew 13:6But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.
• Matthew 15:13He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
• Matthew 21:19Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, he went up to it and found nothing on it except leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” At once the fig tree withered.
• John 15:6If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
• Hebrews 6:8But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and at the end will be burned.
• Jude 1:12These people are dangerous reefs at your love feasts as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn — fruitless, twice dead and uprooted.

Commentaries on Mark 11:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 21:18-22. Mark 11:11 Into the temple - Not into the edifice properly called “the temple,” but into the “courts” which surrounded the principal edifice. Our Saviour, not being of the tribe of Levi, was not permitted to enter into the holy or most holy place; and when, therefore, it is said that he went into the “temple,” it is always to be understood of the “courts” surrounding the temple. See…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-26Verses 19-26 The disciples could not think why that fig-tree should so soon wither away; but all wither who reject Christ; it represented the state of the Jewish church. We should rest in no religion that does not make us fruitful in good works. Christ taught them from hence to pray in faith. It may be applied to that mighty faith with which all true Christians are endued, and which does wonders in spiritual things. It justifies us, and so removes…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21The power of Jesus to judge the fig tree showed his authority to bring the judgment on Jerusalem that he had already foretold. If the first people hearing Mark’s Gospel received it in the late AD 60s, they would have known that Roman armies were already carrying out this prophetic judgment against Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. And in the morning--of Tuesday, the third day of the week: He had slept, as during all this week, at Bethany. as they passed by--going into Jerusalem again. they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots--no partial blight, leaving life in the root; but it was now dead, root and branch. In Mt 21:19 it is said it withered away as soon as it was cursed. But the full blight had not appeared probably at once; and in the dusk perhaps, as they returned to…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Mark 11

• 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