Mark 11:12
The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
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ASV
And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered.
KJV
And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
It may perhaps be said, `We find Him giving way to weeping, to hunger and thirst: must we not suppose Him liable to all the other affections of human nature?' But if we do not understand the mystery of His tears, hunger, and thirst, let us remember that He Who wept also raised the dead to life: that He did not weep for the death of Lazarus, but rejoiced; that He Who thirsted, gave from Himself rivers of living water. He could not be parched with thirst, if He was able to give the thirsty drink.
And on the morrow,.... The next day early in the morning, when they were come from Bethany; Christ, and his twelve disciples. The Syriac and Persic versions read, "when he came out of Bethany"; though not alone, but with the twelve disciples, who went with him there, and returned with him, as appears from Mar 11:14, as he and they came out of that place early in the morning, having ate nothing, before they came from thence, he was hungry; See Gill on Mat 21:18.
However, Christ was willing to make an example of it, not to the trees, but to the men, of that generation, and therefore cursed it with that curse which is the reverse of the first blessing, Be fruitful; he said unto it, Never let any man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever,
And on the morrow--The Triumphal Entry being on the first day of the week, this following day was Monday. when they were come from Bethany--"in the morning" (Mt 21:18). he was hungry--How was that?
Bookends: the same words open and close
Mark 11:20PERICOPE. Mark's fig-tree/temple intercalation: the cursed fig tree (11:12-14, 20-21) brackets the temple cleansing (11:15-19), so the withered tree interprets the temple's judgment.
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John 19:28After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
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They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.
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Matthew 4:2After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
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So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
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So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
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Luke 4:2where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
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When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.…
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