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Text -- Mark 11:5-33 (NET)
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11:5 Some people standing there said to them , “What are you doing , untying that colt ?”
11:6 They replied as Jesus had told them , and the bystanders let them go .
11:7 Then they brought the colt to Jesus , threw their cloaks on it , and he sat on it .
11:8 Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields .
11:9 Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting , “Hosanna ! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord !
11:10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David ! Hosanna in the highest !”
11:11 Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple . And after looking around at everything , he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late .
Cursing of the Fig Tree
11:12 Now the next day , as they went out from Bethany , he was hungry .
11:13 After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves , he went to see if he could find any fruit on it . When he came to it he found nothing but leaves , for it was not the season for figs .
11:14 He said to it , “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
Cleansing the Temple
11:15 Then they came to Jerusalem . Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts . He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves ,
11:16 and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts .
11:17 Then he began to teach them and said , “Is it not written : ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations ’? But you have turned it into a den of robbers !”
11:18 The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him , for they feared him , because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching .
11:19 When evening came , Jesus and his disciples went out of the city .
The Withered Fig Tree
11:20 In the morning as they passed by , they saw the fig tree withered from the roots .
11:21 Peter remembered and said to him , “Rabbi , look ! The fig tree you cursed has withered .”
11:22 Jesus said to them , “Have faith in God .
11:23 I tell you the truth , if someone says to this mountain , ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea ,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen , it will be done for him .
11:24 For this reason I tell you , whatever you pray and ask for , believe that you have received it, and it will be yours .
11:25 Whenever you stand praying , if you have anything against anyone , forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins .”
11:26 [[EMPTY]]The Authority of Jesus
11:27 They came again to Jerusalem . While Jesus was walking in the temple courts , the chief priests , the experts in the law , and the elders came up to him
11:28 and said , “By what authority are you doing these things ? Or who gave you this authority to do these things ?”
11:29 Jesus said to them , “I will ask you one question . Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things :
11:30 John’s baptism – was it from heaven or from people ? Answer me .”
11:31 They discussed with one another , saying , “If we say , ‘From heaven ,’ he will say , ‘Then why did you not believe him ?’
11:32 But if we say , ‘From people –’” (they feared the crowd , for they all considered John to be truly a prophet ).
11:33 So they answered Jesus , “We don’t know .” Then Jesus said to them , “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
KING, CHRIST AS |
OLIVES, MOUNT OF |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
Jesus, The Christ |
Bethany |
Temple |
MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 2 |
Miracles |
AUTHORITY IN RELIGION |
ANNAS |
Prayer |
JESUS CHRIST, 4B |
FIG, FIG-TREE |
Prophecy |
TEMPLE, A2 |
TRADE |
Rabbi |
Reproof |
Joy |
PRAYERS OF CHRIST |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Mar 11:6; Mar 11:7; Mar 11:7; Mar 11:7; Mar 11:9; Mar 11:9; Mar 11:9; Mar 11:11; Mar 11:11; Mar 11:12; Mar 11:13; Mar 11:14; Mar 11:14; Mar 11:15; Mar 11:15; Mar 11:15; Mar 11:15; Mar 11:15; Mar 11:15; Mar 11:15; Mar 11:16; Mar 11:16; Mar 11:17; Mar 11:17; Mar 11:17; Mar 11:17; Mar 11:18; Mar 11:18; Mar 11:19; Mar 11:23; Mar 11:25; Mar 11:26; Mar 11:27; Mar 11:27; Mar 11:27; Mar 11:27; Mar 11:28; Mar 11:30; Mar 11:30; Mar 11:33; Mar 11:33; Mar 11:33; Mar 11:33; Mar 11:33
NET Notes: Mar 11:6 Grk “they”; the referent (the people mentioned in v. 5) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 11:11 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Mar 11:12 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.
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NET Notes: Mar 11:14 Mark 11:12-14. The incident of the cursing of the fig tree occurs before he enters the temple for a third time (11:27ff) and is questioned at length b...
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NET Notes: Mar 11:15 Matthew (21:12-27), Mark (here, 11:15-19), and Luke (19:45-46) record this incident of the temple cleansing at the end of Jesus’ ministry. John ...
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NET Notes: Mar 11:17 A quotation from Jer 7:11. The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels....
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NET Notes: Mar 11:19 Grk “they”; the referents (Jesus and his disciples) have been specified in the translation for clarity. Without such clarification there i...
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NET Notes: Mar 11:25 Although the Greek subjunctive mood, formally required in a subordinate clause introduced by ἵνα ({ina), is traditionally translated b...
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NET Notes: Mar 11:26 A number of significant mss of various texttypes (א B L W Δ Ψ 565 700 892 pc sa) do not include 11:26 “But if you do not forgive...
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NET Notes: Mar 11:27 Or “the chief priests, the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.
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