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 said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? 17And leaving them he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and there he passed the night. But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered. 19And seeing one fig-tree in the way, he came to it and found on it nothing but leaves only. And he says to it, Let there be never more fruit of thee for ever. And the fig-tree was immediately dried up. 20And when the disciples saw [it], they wondered, saying, How immediately is the fig-tree dried up!

Matthew 21:18 word by word

πρωῒ δὲ ἐπανάγων εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἐπείνασεν,Read the interlinear

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• cityπόλιςpolis · cityG4172

Cross-references for Matthew 21:18

• Mark 11:12And on the morrow, when they were gone out of Bethany, he hungered.
• Matthew 4:2and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.
• Matthew 12:1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat.
• Luke 4:2forty days, tempted of the devil; and in those days he did not eat anything, and when they were finished he hungered.
• Hebrews 4:15For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner, sin apart.

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

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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