Mark - 11:21



21 Peter, remembering, said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away."

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 11:21.

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And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
And Peter remembering, said to him: Rabbi, behold the fig tree, which thou didst curse, is withered away.
And Peter, remembering what Jesus had said, says to him, Rabbi, see, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is dried up.
And Peter calling to remembrance, saith to him, Master, behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is withered.
and Peter having remembered saith to him, 'Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that thou didst curse is dried up.'
And Peter calling to remembrance said to him, Master, behold, the fig tree which you cursed is withered away.
and Peter, recollecting, said to Him, "Look, Rabbi, the fig-tree which you cursed is withered up."
And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.
Peter, remembering, said to him, 'Teacher, look. The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.'
And Peter, remembering, said to him, "Master, behold, the fig tree that you cursed has withered."
Then Peter recalled what had occurred. "Look, Rabbi," he exclaimed, "the fig-tree which you doomed is withered up!"

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Thou cursedst - To curse means to devote to destruction. This is its meaning here. It does not in this place imply blame, but simply that it should be destroyed.

And Peter, calling to remembrance,.... Not so much the tree, and its spreading leaves, and the greatness of it, and the flourishing condition it was in, the other day, as the imprecation of Christ upon it:
saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away; which he observed, as matter of astonishment, and as an instance of Christ's surprising power and authority; See Gill on Matthew 21:20.

And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him--satisfied that a miracle so very peculiar--a miracle, not of blessing, as all His other miracles, but of cursing--could not have been wrought but with some higher reference, and fully expecting to hear something weighty on the subject.
Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away--so connecting the two things as to show that he traced the death of the tree entirely to the curse of his Lord. Matthew (Matthew 21:20) gives this simply as a general exclamation of surprise by the disciples "how soon" the blight had taken effect.

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