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href="/bsb/mark/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/mark/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/mark/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The next morning as they passed by the fig tree he had cursed, the disciples noticed it had withered from the roots up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/mark/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/mark/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree having been dried up from <i>the</i> roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/mark/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/mark/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/mark/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots <i>up.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/mark/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/mark/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And as they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots <i>up.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/mark/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And as they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/mark/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />In the morning, as they were passing by, the disciples saw that the fig tree had withered away from the roots up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/mark/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/mark/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/mark/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/mark/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />As the disciples walked past the fig tree the next morning, they noticed that it was completely dried up, roots and all. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/mark/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/mark/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />While Jesus and his disciples were walking early in the morning, they saw that the fig tree had dried up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/mark/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Early next morning, as they walked along the road, they saw the fig tree. It was dead all the way down to its roots. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/mark/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />While they were walking along early the next morning, they saw the fig tree dried up to its roots. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/mark/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/mark/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/mark/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/mark/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />In the early morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree withered to the roots;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/mark/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/mark/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And in the morning, passing by, they saw the fig tree having been dried up from the roots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree having been dried up from <i>the</i> roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/mark/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And in the morning, passing by, they saw the fig-tree having been dried up from the roots,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/mark/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And in the morning, coming near, they saw the fig tree having been dried up from the roots.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/mark/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when they passed by in the morning they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/mark/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when they passed by in the morning, they saw that the fig tree had dried up from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/mark/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Early in the morning, as they were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered to its roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/mark/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/mark/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And in the morning, as they were passing, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/mark/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And in the morning when they were passing by, they saw the fig tree after it had dried up from its roots.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/mark/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig-tree withered from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/mark/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And going along in the morning, they saw the fig-tree utterly withered from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/mark/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig-tree withered from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/mark/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />In the morning as they were coming back, they saw the fig-tree withered away to the very roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />In the early morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree withered to the roots;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/mark/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And, passing by the next morning, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/mark/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And in the morning, as they were passing by <i>it,</i> they saw the fig-tree withered from the roots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/mark/11-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DmwDTC71zvQ?start=3762" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/mark/11.htm">The Withered Fig Tree</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19</span>And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city. <span class="reftext">20</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">As</a> <a href="/greek/3899.htm" title="3899: paraporeuomenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- To go past, pass by, pass along by. From para and poreuomai; to travel near.">they were walking back</a> <a href="/greek/4404.htm" title="4404: prōi (Adv) -- Early in the morning, at dawn. Adverb from pro; at dawn; by implication, the day-break watch.">in the morning,</a> <a href="/greek/3708.htm" title="3708: eidon (V-AIA-3P) -- Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.">they saw</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/4808.htm" title="4808: sykēn (N-AFS) -- A fig-tree. From sukon; a fig-tree.">fig tree</a> <a href="/greek/3583.htm" title="3583: exērammenēn (V-RPM/P-AFS) -- To dry up, parch, be ripened, wither, waste away. From xeros; to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature.">withered</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/4491.htm" title="4491: rhizōn (N-GFP) -- A root, shoot, source; that which comes from the root, a descendent. Apparently a primary word; a root.">its roots.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">21</span>Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19-22</a></span><br />Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered. / When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” / “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-6.htm">John 15:6</a></span><br />If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-6.htm">James 1:6-8</a></span><br />But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. / That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. / He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/17-20.htm">Matthew 17:20</a></span><br />“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-6.htm">Luke 17:6</a></span><br />And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/14-13.htm">John 14:13-14</a></span><br />And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. / If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a></span><br />And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-20.htm">Romans 11:20-22</a></span><br />That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. / For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either. / Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-14.htm">1 John 5:14-15</a></span><br />And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. / And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-8.htm">Isaiah 40:8</a></span><br />The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-7.htm">Jeremiah 17:7-8</a></span><br />But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. / He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3-4</a></span><br />He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. / Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-11</a></span><br />For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/17-24.htm">Ezekiel 17:24</a></span><br />Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Hosea 9:16</a></span><br />Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.</p><p class="hdg">they saw.</p><p class="hdg">See on ver.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/11-14.htm">Mark 11:14</a></b></br> And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard <i>it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-16.htm">Job 18:16,17</a></b></br> His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/20-5.htm">Job 20:5-7</a></b></br> That the triumphing of the wicked <i>is</i> short, and the joy of the hypocrite <i>but</i> for a moment? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/mark/10-34.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/mark/5-29.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/mark/9-21.htm">Early</a> <a href="/mark/11-13.htm">Fig</a> <a href="/mark/11-13.htm">Fig-Tree</a> <a href="/mark/1-35.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/mark/9-30.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/mark/9-30.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/matthew/15-13.htm">Roots</a> <a href="/mark/11-14.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/mark/4-6.htm">Withered</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/11-21.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/mark/11-21.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Early</a> <a href="/mark/11-21.htm">Fig</a> <a href="/mark/11-21.htm">Fig-Tree</a> <a href="/mark/13-35.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/mark/15-21.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/mark/15-21.htm">Passing</a> <a href="/luke/17-6.htm">Roots</a> <a href="/mark/11-21.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/mark/11-21.htm">Withered</a><div class="vheading2">Mark 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/11-1.htm">Jesus rides with triumph into Jerusalem;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/11-12.htm">curses the fruitless fig tree;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/11-15.htm">purges the temple;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/11-20.htm">exhorts his disciples to steadfastness of faith, and to forgive their enemies;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/mark/11-27.htm">and defends his actions by the witness of John, who was a man sent of God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/mark/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/mark/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/mark/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As they were walking back in the morning</b><br>This phrase indicates the time of day, suggesting the early hours when Jesus and His disciples were returning to Jerusalem from Bethany. The morning is often symbolic of new beginnings or revelations in Scripture. The context here is the day after Jesus cleansed the temple, a significant act that demonstrated His authority and foreshadowed the coming judgment on Israel for their spiritual barrenness. The morning setting also emphasizes the freshness of the disciples' memory of the previous day's events, including Jesus cursing the fig tree.<p><b>they saw the fig tree</b><br>The fig tree is a symbol frequently used in the Bible to represent Israel (<a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a>, <a href="/jeremiah/24.htm">Jeremiah 24:1-10</a>). In this context, the fig tree that Jesus cursed the previous day (<a href="/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12-14</a>) serves as a metaphor for the spiritual state of Israel. Despite its appearance of fruitfulness, it bore no fruit, symbolizing the religious leaders' outward piety but lack of true spiritual fruit. The disciples' observation of the tree highlights the immediate and visible consequences of Jesus' words, underscoring His authority over creation.<p><b>withered from its roots</b><br>The detail that the fig tree withered from its roots is significant. In biblical symbolism, roots often represent the foundation or source of life and strength. The withering from the roots indicates a complete and total judgment, not just a superficial or temporary condition. This serves as a warning of the thoroughness of God's judgment against unfruitfulness and hypocrisy. It also connects to the broader biblical theme of judgment beginning at the root level, as seen in passages like <a href="/matthew/3-10.htm">Matthew 3:10</a>, where John the Baptist warns that "the axe is already laid at the root of the trees."<br><br>This event is a prophetic act illustrating the fate of those who fail to produce spiritual fruit, aligning with Jesus' teachings on the necessity of bearing fruit in passages like <a href="/john/15.htm">John 15:1-8</a>. The withering of the fig tree serves as a type of Christ's judgment, foreshadowing the destruction of the temple and the judgment upon Israel for their rejection of the Messiah.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, who previously cursed the fig tree for not bearing fruit.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a></b><br>Followers of Jesus who witness the withered fig tree and learn from the event.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/fig_tree.htm">Fig Tree</a></b><br>A symbol of fruitlessness and judgment, which Jesus cursed the previous day.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city near which this event takes place, significant in Jesus' ministry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_of_olives.htm">Mount of Olives</a></b><br>The location from which Jesus and His disciples are returning, a place of many significant events in Jesus' life.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_bearing_fruit.htm">The Importance of Bearing Fruit</a></b><br>Just as the fig tree was expected to bear fruit, Christians are called to live fruitful lives that reflect their faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/judgment_and_accountability.htm">Judgment and Accountability</a></b><br>The withering of the fig tree serves as a reminder of God's judgment on unfruitfulness and the importance of living a life that honors Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_prayer.htm">Faith and Prayer</a></b><br>This event underscores the power of faith and the necessity of prayer in the believer's life, as Jesus later teaches His disciples.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_fig_tree.htm">Symbolism of the Fig Tree</a></b><br>The fig tree represents Israel and, by extension, any believer or community that fails to live up to God's expectations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/rootedness_in_christ.htm">Rootedness in Christ</a></b><br>The withering from the roots signifies the importance of being deeply rooted in Christ to sustain spiritual life and growth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_mark_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Mark 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_jesus_curse_the_fig_tree.htm">Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/mark_11_23-24__literal_faith_moves_mountains.htm">Mark 11:23–24: Is the promise of moving mountains through faith meant literally, and what are the scientific implications if taken at face value? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_curse_a_fig_tree_out_of_fig_season.htm">Mark 11:12–14, 20–21: Why would Jesus curse a fig tree for lacking fruit when it was not the season for figs? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_mark_11_23_mean.htm">What does Mark 11:23 mean about moving mountains?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/mark/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20-25) <span class= "bld">And in the morning.</span>--See Notes on <a href="/context/matthew/21-20.htm" title="And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!">Matthew 21:20-22</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/mark/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 20, 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots</span>. They had returned the evening before, probably after sunset, to Bethany; and so, in the twilight, had not noticed the withered tree. St. Matthew gathers the whole account of the fig tree into one notice. St. Mark disposes of the facts in their chronological order. It was on the Monday morning, the day after the triumphant entry, and when they were on their way to Jerusalem, that our Lord cursed the fig tree. Thence he passed on at once into Jerusalem, and drove out the profaners of the temple, and taught the people. In the evening he returned to Bethany; and then on the next morning, as they were on their way into the city, they saw what had happened to the fig tree. And then <span class="cmt_word">Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him; Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away</span> (<span class="greek">ἐξήρανται</span>), the same Greek word as in the preceding verse. Some have thought that the fig tree was the tree forbidden to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. (See Cornelius a Lapide on <a href="/genesis/2-9.htm">Genesis 2:9</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/mark/11-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">[As]</span><br /><span class="grk">Καὶ</span> <span class="translit">(Kai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> </span><span class="str2">And, even, also, namely. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">they were walking back</span><br /><span class="grk">παραπορευόμενοι</span> <span class="translit">(paraporeuomenoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go past, pass by, pass along by. From para and poreuomai; to travel near.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the morning,</span><br /><span class="grk">πρωῒ</span> <span class="translit">(prōi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4404.htm">Strong's 4404: </a> </span><span class="str2">Early in the morning, at dawn. Adverb from pro; at dawn; by implication, the day-break watch.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they saw</span><br /><span class="grk">εἶδον</span> <span class="translit">(eidon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">τὴν</span> <span class="translit">(tēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fig tree</span><br /><span class="grk">συκῆν</span> <span class="translit">(sykēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4808.htm">Strong's 4808: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fig-tree. From sukon; a fig-tree.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">withered</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐξηραμμένην</span> <span class="translit">(exērammenēn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3583.htm">Strong's 3583: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dry up, parch, be ripened, wither, waste away. From xeros; to desiccate; by implication, to shrivel, to mature.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐκ</span> <span class="translit">(ek)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[its] roots.</span><br /><span class="grk">ῥιζῶν</span> <span class="translit">(rhizōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4491.htm">Strong's 4491: </a> </span><span class="str2">A root, shoot, source; that which comes from the root, a descendent. 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