Mark 11 · Verse 21

Mark 11:21

And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

Mark 11:21, King James Version

Mark 11:21 in other translations

BSB	Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”
WEB	Peter, remembering, said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.”
ASV	And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
YLT	and Peter having remembered saith to him, ‘Rabbi, lo, the fig-tree that thou didst curse is dried up.'
DARBY	And Peter, remembering what Jesus had said, says to him, Rabbi, see, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is dried up.
BBE	And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.
Webster	And Peter calling to remembrance, saith to him, Master, behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is withered.

What does Mark 11:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

21. 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 (Mt 21:20) gives this simply as a general exclamation of surprise by the disciples "how soon" the blight had taken effect.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes

Verse 21. Thou cursedst. To curse means to devote to destruction. This is the meaning here. It does not, in this place, imply blame; but simply that it should be destroyed.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 11:19-26

The disciples could not think why that fig-tree should so soon wither away; but all wither who reject Christ; it represented the state of the Jewish church. We should rest in no religion that does not make us fruitful in good works. Christ taught them from hence to pray in faith. It may be applied to that mighty faith with which all true Christians are endued, and which does wonders in spiritual things. It justifies…

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Mark 11:21 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532

ἀναμνησθεὶςanamnēstheishaving rememberedG363

ὁho<the>G3588

ΠέτροςPetrosPeterG4074

λέγειlegeisaysG3004

αὐτῷ·autōto Him;G846

ῥαββί,rhabbiRabbi,G4461

ἴδεidelookG2396

ἡhētheG3588

συκῆsukēfig treeG4808

ἣνhēnthatG3739

κατηράσωkatērasōYou cursedG2672

ἐξήρανται.¶exērantaihas been dried up.G3583

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 11:21

Zechariah 5:3-4
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
Matthew 23:7
And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Matthew 25:41
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
1 Corinthians 16:22
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Pr 3:33; Zec 5:3,4; Mt 25:41; 1Co 16:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Mark 11:20
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
Mark 11:21
And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
Mark 11:22
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

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Mark 11:21 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Entonces Pedro acordándose, le dice: Maestro, he aquí la higuera que maldijiste, se ha secado.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et Pierre, se ressouvenant de ce qui s’était passé, lui dit: Rabbi, voici, le figuier que tu as maudit est sec.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und Petrus erinnerte sich und spricht zu ihm: Rabbi, siehe, der Feigenbaum, den du verfluchtest, ist verdorrt.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et recordatus Petrus, dixit ei: Rabbi, ecce ficus, cui maledixisti, aruit.