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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 />The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.<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 were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/mark/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/mark/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And on the next day, they having gone out from Bethany, He was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/mark/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/mark/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the next day, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/mark/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/mark/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/mark/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And on the next day, when they had departed from Bethany, He became hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/mark/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And on the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/mark/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/mark/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The next day when they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/mark/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The next day when they came out from Bethany, He was hungry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/mark/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/mark/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When Jesus and his disciples left Bethany the next morning, he was hungry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/mark/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/mark/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The next day, when they left Bethany, Jesus became hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/mark/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The next day, as they were coming back from Bethany, Jesus was hungry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/mark/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The next day, as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus became hungry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/mark/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/mark/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/mark/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/mark/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And on the morrow, when they had come from Bethany, he was hungry,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />The next day, after they had left Bethany, He was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/mark/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The next day, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/mark/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And on the next day, they having come forth from Bethany, He hungered,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/mark/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />And on the next day, they having gone out from Bethany, He was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/mark/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And on the morrow, they having come forth from Bethany, he hungered,<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 morrow, they having come from Bethany, he hungered:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/mark/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the next day when they came out from Bethania, he was hungry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/mark/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the next day, as they were departing from Bethania, he was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/mark/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The next day as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/mark/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/mark/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the next day, when they went out of Bethany, he became hungry.<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 on the next day when he went out from Bethany he was hungry.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/mark/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And on the morrow, as they were coming from Bethany, he was hungry;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/mark/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And on the morrow, they going out from Bethany, He was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/mark/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />And on the morrow, as they were coming out of Bethany, he was hungry:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/mark/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />On the morrow when they had left Bethany, he was press'd with hunger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/mark/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />The next day, after they had left Bethany, He was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/mark/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And on the morrow, when they had come out from Bethany, He was hungry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/mark/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And on the morrow, as they came from Bethany, He was hungry:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/mark/11-12.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=3683" 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">Jesus Curses the Fig Tree</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11</span>Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, He went out to Bethany with the Twelve. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: Kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- 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/1887.htm" title="1887: epaurion (Adv) -- Tomorrow. From epi and aurion; occurring on the succeeding day, i.e. to-morrow.">next day,</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">when they</a> <a href="/greek/1831.htm" title="1831: exelthontōn (V-APA-GMP) -- To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.">had left</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses."></a> <a href="/greek/963.htm" title="963: Bēthanias (N-GFS) -- Of Chaldee origin; date-house; Beth-any, a place in Palestine.">Bethany,</a> <a href="/greek/3983.htm" title="3983: epeinasen (V-AIA-3S) -- To be hungry, needy, desire earnestly. From the same as penes; to famish; figuratively, to crave.">Jesus was hungry.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">13</span>Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.…<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/21-18.htm">Matthew 21:18-19</a></span><br />In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-6.htm">Luke 13:6-9</a></span><br />Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. / So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ / ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-6</a></span><br />“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a></span><br />I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-13.htm">Jeremiah 8:13</a></span><br />I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a></span><br />I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Micah 7:1</a></span><br />Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-16.htm">Matthew 7:16-20</a></span><br />By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-47.htm">John 1:47-50</a></span><br />When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.” / “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” / “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-24</a></span><br />Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. / You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-8.htm">Jeremiah 17:8</a></span><br />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="/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="/matthew/3-10.htm">Matthew 3:10</a></span><br />The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-9.htm">Luke 3:9</a></span><br />The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:</p><p class="hdg">on.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/21-18.htm">Matthew 21:18</a></b></br> Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.</p><p class="hdg">he was.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a></b></br> And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/4-2.htm">Luke 4:2</a></b></br> Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/4-6.htm">John 4:6,7,31-33</a></b></br> Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with <i>his</i> journey, sat thus on the well: <i>and</i> it was about the sixth hour… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/mark/11-11.htm">Bethany</a> <a href="/mark/11-9.htm">Following</a> <a href="/mark/8-8.htm">Food</a> <a href="/mark/11-11.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/mark/2-25.htm">Hungered</a> <a href="/mark/8-3.htm">Hungry</a> <a href="/mark/11-11.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/mark/10-46.htm">Leaving</a> <a href="/matthew/27-62.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/mark/11-3.htm">Need</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/14-3.htm">Bethany</a> <a href="/mark/13-24.htm">Following</a> <a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Food</a> <a href="/mark/11-19.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/luke/4-2.htm">Hungered</a> <a href="/luke/1-53.htm">Hungry</a> <a href="/mark/11-14.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/mark/12-20.htm">Leaving</a> <a href="/luke/7-11.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/mark/12-44.htm">Need</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>The next day</b><br>This phrase indicates the continuation of events following Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem, which occurred the previous day. It sets the stage for the events that unfold in the following verses, emphasizing the progression of Jesus' final week leading up to His crucifixion. The timing is significant as it aligns with the Passover week, a period filled with symbolic meaning and prophetic fulfillment.<p><b>when they had left Bethany</b><br>Bethany was a small village located about two miles east of Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives. It was the home of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. This location served as a place of rest and refuge for Jesus during His visits to Jerusalem. The mention of Bethany highlights the close relationships Jesus had with His followers and the strategic location from which He would enter Jerusalem.<p><b>Jesus was hungry</b><br>This phrase underscores the humanity of Jesus, showing that He experienced physical needs like hunger. It also sets the stage for the subsequent event involving the fig tree, which serves as a symbolic act and a teaching moment. The hunger of Jesus can be seen as a metaphor for His desire for spiritual fruitfulness among His people, a theme that is explored further in the following verses.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a></b><br>Central figure in this passage, demonstrating His humanity through hunger.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/disciples.htm">Disciples</a></b><br>Accompanying Jesus, they are witnesses to His actions and teachings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/bethany.htm">Bethany</a></b><br>A village near Jerusalem, serving as a base for Jesus during His final week before the crucifixion.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_fig_tree.htm">The Fig Tree (implied in the following verses)</a></b><br>Though not mentioned in this specific verse, it becomes significant in the subsequent verses as an object lesson.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/j/jesus'_humanity.htm">Jesus' Humanity</a></b><br>Jesus experienced physical needs like hunger, reminding us of His full humanity. This encourages us to bring our human struggles to Him, knowing He understands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_hunger.htm">Spiritual Hunger</a></b><br>Just as Jesus experienced physical hunger, we are called to recognize and address our spiritual hunger. Are we seeking spiritual nourishment through prayer, scripture, and fellowship?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_ministry.htm">Preparation for Ministry</a></b><br>Jesus' journey from Bethany to Jerusalem symbolizes preparation for His ultimate sacrifice. We should consider how we prepare ourselves for the tasks God has set before us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/significance_of_place.htm">Significance of Place</a></b><br>Bethany, a place of rest and miracles, reminds us of the importance of having a spiritual "home base" where we can recharge and witness God's work.<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/what_happened_on_holy_tuesday.htm">What occurred on Holy Tuesday before Easter?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_holy_monday's_significance.htm">What is the significance of Holy Monday?</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/why_curse_a_fig_tree_out_of_season.htm">Why does Jesus curse a fig tree for not bearing fruit out of season (Mark 11:12-14)? Isn’t that irrational behavior for God?</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>(12-14) <span class= "bld">And on the morrow.</span>--On the chronological difficulty presented by this verse, see Note on <a href="/context/matthew/21-18.htm" title="Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungry.">Matthew 21:18-19</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/mark/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And on the morrow, when they were come out from</span> <span class="cmt_word">Bethany, he hungered.</span> This was, therefore, the day after Palm Sunday (as we call it) - on the Monday, the 11th day of the month Nisan, which, according to our computation, would be March 21. <span class="accented">He hun</span>g<span class="accented">ered.</span> This showed his humanity, which he was ever wont to do when he was about to display his Divine power. The fact that he hungered would lead us to the conclusion that he had not been spending the night in the house of Martha and Mary. It is far more likely that he had been in the open air during the previous night, fasting and praying. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/mark/11-12.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">The</span><br /><span class="grk">τῇ</span> <span class="translit">(tē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Dative 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">next day,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπαύριον</span> <span class="translit">(epaurion)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1887.htm">Strong's 1887: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tomorrow. From epi and aurion; occurring on the succeeding day, i.e. to-morrow.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[when] they</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτῶν</span> <span class="translit">(autōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had left</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐξελθόντων</span> <span class="translit">(exelthontōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1831.htm">Strong's 1831: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Bethany,</span><br /><span class="grk">Βηθανίας</span> <span class="translit">(Bēthanias)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_963.htm">Strong's 963: </a> </span><span class="str2">Of Chaldee origin; date-house; Beth-any, a place in Palestine.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Jesus] was hungry.</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπείνασεν</span> <span class="translit">(epeinasen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3983.htm">Strong's 3983: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be hungry, needy, desire earnestly. From the same as penes; to famish; figuratively, to crave.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/mark/11-12.htm">Mark 11:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/mark/11-12.htm">NT Gospels: Mark 11:12 The next day when they had come (Mar Mk Mr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/mark/11-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 11:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 11:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/mark/11-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 11:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 11:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>