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Note also his omission of the facts recorded by St. Matthew: (1) the healing of the blind and the lame in the Temple; (2) the children crying Hosanna.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/benson/mark/11.htm">Benson Commentary</a></div><span class="bld"><a href="/context/mark/11-18.htm" title="And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine....">Mark 11:18-19</a></span>. <span class="ital">The scribes, &c., sought how they might destroy him </span>— They had heard the rebuke which he had given them for allowing the temple to be profaned, and they had heard likewise the application which he had made of a passage in the eighth Psalm to the case of the children in the temple, wishing him all manner of prosperity; and these things, with the authority which he assumed, galled and exasperated them greatly. They were, however, afraid to take him by violence, or to attempt any thing openly against him, lest it should raise a tumult: they only consulted among themselves how they might destroy him with as little noise as possible; <span class="ital">because all the people were astonished at his doctrine </span>— Both at the excellence of it, and at the majesty and authority with which he taught. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/mark/11.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>11:12-18 Christ looked to find some fruit, for the time of gathering figs, though it was near, was not yet come; but he found none. He made this fig-tree an example, not to the trees, but to the men of that generation. It was a figure of the doom upon the Jewish church, to which he came seeking fruit, but found none. Christ went to the temple, and began to reform the abuses in its courts, to show that when the Redeemer came to Zion, it was to turn away ungodliness from Jacob. The scribes and the chief priests sought, not how they might make their peace with him, but how they might destroy him. A desperate attempt, which they could not but fear was fighting against God.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/mark/11.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>All the people were astonished - He became popular among them. The Pharisees saw that their authority was lessened or destroyed. They were therefore envious of him, and sought his life.<p>His doctrine - His teaching. He taught with power and authority so great that the multitudes were awed, and were constrained to obey.<a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/mark/11.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>14. And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever—That word did not make the tree barren, but sealed it up in its own barrenness. See on [1477]Mt 13:13-15.<p>And his disciples heard it—and marked the saying. This is introduced as a connecting link, to explain what was afterwards to be said on the subject, as the narrative has to proceed to the other transactions of this day.<p>Second Cleansing of the Temple (Mr 11:15-18).<p>For the exposition of this portion, see on [1478]Lu 19:45-48.<p>Lessons from the Cursing of the Fig Tree (Mr 11:20-26).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/mark/11.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> <span class="bld">See Poole on "<a href="/mark/11-18.htm" title="And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.">Mark 11:18</a>"</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/mark/11.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And the Scribes and chief priests heard it,.... The reproof he gave to the money changers, and buyers, and sellers in the temple; and his strict prohibition that none should carry any vessels through it; and the argument he used from the prophecy of Isaiah, and the sharp rebuke he gave for the profanation of the holy place: <p>and sought how they might destroy him: they took counsel together to take away his life, for they hated reformation: <p>for they feared him; lest he should go on to make great changes and alterations among them, which would affect their credit and character, and their gains also, and draw the people after him: <p>because all the people were astonished at his doctrine; both as to the matter of it, which were such words as never man spake; and, as to the manner of it, being with such majesty, power, and authority, as the Scribes and Pharisees taught not with; and also at the miracles, by which it was confirmed, as well as at the reformation and discipline he was introducing; which was done with such an air of sovereignty and power, as was amazing. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/mark/11.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/egt/mark/11.htm">Expositor's Greek Testament</a></div><a href="/mark/11-18.htm" title="And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.">Mark 11:18</a>. <span class="greekheb">πῶς</span>, the purpose to get rid of Jesus fixed, but the <span class="ital">how</span> puzzling because of the esteem in which He was held.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/mark/11.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">18</span>. <span class="ital">chief priests</span>] This title was applied to (i) the high-priest properly so called; (ii) to all who had held the high-priesthood (the office under Roman sway no longer lasting for life, and becoming little more than annual); (iii) the heads of the twenty-four courses (1 Chronicles 24, <a href="/luke/1-9.htm" title="According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.">Luke 1:9</a>).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">was astonished at his doctrine</span>] and hung upon His lips eager to hear Him (<a href="/luke/19-48.htm" title="And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.">Luke 19:48</a>), and while He was thus high in favour, no one knew how far they might not be disposed to rise on His behalf, if an open effort was made to seize Him. Caution was therefore essential.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/bengel/mark/11.htm">Bengel's Gnomen</a></div><a href="/mark/11-18.htm" title="And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.">Mark 11:18</a>. <span class="greekheb">Καὶ</span>, <span class="ital">and</span>) They either had approved of that traffic as lawful, or as a source of gain: or else they thought that it ought to have been done away with rather by their agency than by His.-—<span class="greekheb">ἐφοβοῦντο</span>, <span class="ital">they feared</span>) Therefore they sought for artifices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/mark/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And</span> <span class="cmt_word">the chief priests and the scribes</span> - this is the right order of the words - <span class="cmt_word">heard it</span> (<span class="greek">ἤκουσαν</span>), <span class="cmt_word">and sought</span> (<span class="greek">ἐζήτουν</span>) <span class="accented">- began</span> to <span class="accented">seek</span>, or <span class="accented">were</span> <span class="accented">seeking</span> (imperfect) - <span class="cmt_word">how</span> <span class="cmt_word">they might destroy him</span> (<span class="greek">ἀπολέσουσιν</span>). They were seeking how they might, not only put him to death, but "utterly destroy him," stamp out his name and influence as a great spiritual energy in the world. This action of his raised them to the highest pitch of fury and indignation. Their authority and their interests were attacked. But the people still acknowledged his power; and the scribes and Pharisees feared the people. 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