Marcos 11:12-13

The next day was Tuesday, which Hoehner dated as March 31, A.D. 33. [Note: Hoehner, Chronological Aspects . . ., pp. 91, 143.] Apparently the events of "Palm Sunday" really took place on a Monday. The incident that Mark recorded next, beginning in Mark 11:12, occurred as Jesus and His disciples walked from Bethany to Jerusalem on Tuesday morning (Matthew 21:18). Normally, the fruit appeared on the fig tree before the leaves. [Note: Edersheim, The Life . . ., 2:374.] The leaves on this tree suggested that it had already borne fruit, but it had not. Mark explained that it was not the season for figs, for his non-Palestinian readers. Matthew did not add this explanation. Evidently this tree was in leaf earlier in the season than normal.