And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
Parallel translations
- WEB As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
- BSB As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
- NKJV Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
- NASB As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.
- NLT The next morning as they passed by the fig tree he had cursed, the disciples noticed it had withered from the roots up.
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Quick answer
The next morning the disciples see that the cursed fig tree has withered from the roots.
Overview
The tree's complete withering, down to the roots, confirms the power and finality of Jesus' word of judgment. Mark frames the temple cleansing within the fig-tree account, so the withered tree pictures the judgment hanging over fruitless temple worship. Jesus' word proves effective and sure.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Matt 15:13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
- Mark 11:14And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.
- Matt 21:19–22And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
- John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Matt 13:6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
- Isa 40:24Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
- Job 20:5–7That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Heb 6:8But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
- Jude 1:12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
- Job 18:16–17His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
- Isa 5:4What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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