Mark 11:21

Mark 11:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
• New International Version (NIV)Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”

Context of Mark 11:21

19When it was evening, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city again. 20The next morning, Jesus and his disciples passed the fig tree. They saw that it was completely dead. Peter remembered what Jesus had said. So he said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, look at that fig tree. You said that it should die, and it has died.’ 22So Jesus said to them, ‘You must believe in God. 23I tell you this: A person could say to this mountain, “Move and throw yourself into the sea.” Then it will happen like he says. But he must not let other ideas come into his mind. He must really believe that those things will happen. If he does believe it, God will do those things for him.

Mark 11:21 word by word

καὶ ἀναμνησθεὶς ὁ Πέτρος λέγει αὐτῷ· ῥαββί, ἴδε ἡ συκῆ ἣν κατηράσω ἐξήρανται.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• Peterὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• PeterΠέτροςPetros · PeterG4074
• calling to remembranceἀναμιμνήσκωanamimnēskō · to remindG363
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Masterῥαββίrhabbi · RabbiG4461
• beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• the fig treeσυκῆsukē · fig treeG4808
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thou cursedstκαταράομαιkataraomai · to curseG2672
• is withered awayξηραίνωxērainō · to dryG3583

Cross-references for Mark 11:21

• Proverbs 3:33The Lord curses the homes of wicked people, but he blesses the homes of righteous people.
• Zechariah 5:3Then the angel said to me, ‘The words on the paper tell about bad events for the whole earth. This will be in future years. On one side of the paper, it says that a man must not rob anyone. If he does, people will send him away from his own country. On the other side of the paper, it says that a man must not speak false words. If he does, people will send him away from his own country.
• Matthew 25:41Then the king will say to those people who are at his left side, “Go away from me. God has decided to punish you. He has prepared a fire that will burn for ever. He has prepared it for Satan and his servants. You will also go into that fire.
• 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone among you does not really love the Lord, I pray that God will curse that person. Our Lord, come now! We are waiting for you!

Commentaries on Mark 11:21

• 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. 2121. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him--satisfied that a miracle so very peculiar--a miracle, not of blessing, as all His other miracles, but of cursing--could not have been wrought but with some higher reference, and fully expecting to hear something weighty on the subject. Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away--so connecting the two things as to show that he traced the death of the tree entirely to the curse of…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 11:21

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Peter
• Rabbi

In the dictionaries

• Peter
• Peter, Simon Peter, Cephas
• Curse
• Fig, Fig-Tree
• Jesus Christ
• King, Christ As
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Master
• Olives, Mount of
• Rabbi

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