Mark 11:12-13

Mark 11:12-13

[12] And  on the morrow,  when they  were come  from  Bethany,  he was hungry:  [13] And  a fig tree  afar off  having  leaves,  he came,  if  he might find  any thing  thereon:  and  when he came  to  it,  he found  nothing  leaves;  for  the time  of figs  not 

What does Mark 11:12-13 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The next day was Tuesday, which Hoehner dated as March31 , A.D33. [1] 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. [2] 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.