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 Living Translation (NLT)The next morning as they passed by the fig tree he had cursed, the disciples noticed it had withered from the roots up.

Context of Mark 11:20

18And the scribes and chief priests heard it and sought how they might destroy Him; for they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His teaching. 19When evening had come, He went out of the city. Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.” 22So Jesus answered and said 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 11:14In response Jesus said to it, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” And His disciples heard it.
• Job 18:16His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.
• Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
• Isaiah 5:4What more could have been done to My vineyard That I have not done in it? Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes, Did it bring forth wild grapes?
• Isaiah 40:24Scarcely shall they be planted, Scarcely shall they be sown, Scarcely shall their stock take root in the earth, When He will also blow on them, And they will wither, And the whirlwind will take them away like stubble.
• Matthew 13:6But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.
• Matthew 15:13But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.
• Matthew 21:19And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
• John 15:6If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
• Hebrews 6:8but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
• Jude 1:12These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;

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