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James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 11:21

And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him. Rabbi, behold the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.The astonishment of all the disciples comes into view in these words of Peter who called attention to the dramatic result which followed the Lord's pronouncement against the tree. Peter evidently expected some comment from the Lord, which was promptly forthcoming. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 11:22

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith cometh to pass; he shall have it.This reply must have astonished the apostles as much as it has the people who have been reading of it ever since it happened. There was not a word of the symbolical meaning of the destructive wonder (Christ would shortly foretell the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 11:21

Mark 11:21. Behold the fig-tree, &c.— Our Lord had said, Mark 11:14. No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. This St. Peter, according to the Jewish manner of speaking concerning things that are barren, calls cursing the fig-tree; (see Hebrews 6:8.) and some ill-disposed readers, not apprehending the proper force of the words, are apt to form a very unbecoming notion of our adorable Lord from this action; but they do so without the least cause, since every thing that he said on this... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 11:22

Mark 11:22. Have faith in God.— Or, a divine faith; literally, the faith of God. And who could find fault, if the Creator and Proprietor of all things were to destroy, by a single word of his mouth, a thousand of his inanimate creatures, were it only to imprint this important lesson more deeply on one immortal spirit? See on Matthew 17:0. Inferences drawn from our Lord's cursing the fruitless fig-tree. When our Saviour had rode through the streets of Jerusalem, that evening he lodged not in the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 11:20

20. 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 :- 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 Bethany, they had not observed it. The precision... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 11:21

21. 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 his Lord. Matthew ( :-) gives this simply as... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 11:1-26

A. Jesus’ formal presentation to Israel 11:1-26Mark chose to record four events: the Triumphal Entry (Mark 11:1-11), the cursing of the fig tree (Mark 11:12-14), the cleansing of the temple (Mark 11:15-19), and the lesson of the cursed fig tree (Mark 11:20-25). These events happened on three successive days (Monday through Wednesday) as the writer noted. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 11:12-26

2. Jesus’ condemnation of unbelieving Israel 11:12-26This incident is the first part of another of Mark’s interrupted stories (cf. Mark 3:20-35; Mark 5:21-43; Mark 6:7-31). Its structure provides the key to its interpretation. First, Jesus cursed the fig tree. Then He cleansed the temple. Finally He came back to the fig tree with a lesson for the disciples. There is unity of subject matter in the whole section. The chiastic arrangement highlights the central element as being most revealing. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 11:20-21

This event happened on Wednesday morning. "Withered from the roots" means that death was spreading through the tree beginning from its sources of nourishment. The roots of the tree correspond to the religious leaders of the nation. Death would pass from them to that whole generation of unbelieving Jews. Peter connected the judgment with Jesus’ words. Likewise Jesus’ word of judgment on that generation of Jews would have a similar effect. read more

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