Mark 11:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) On the next day, when they were going from Bethany [to Jerusalem], Jesus became hungry. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition On the day following, when they had come away from Bethany, He was hungry. American Standard Version (1901) And on the morrow, when they were come out from Bethany, he hungered. Common English Bible The next day, after leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Catholic Public Domain Version And the next day, as they were departing from Bethania, he was hungry. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the next day when they came out from Bethania, he was hungry. |
Upon seeing in the distance a leafy fig tree, He approached it in hope of finding something on it [to eat]. But when He got there He found nothing but leaves on it, for it was not the season for figs [yet].
The next morning, [as they returned to the city], they passed by the fig tree and saw that it had withered, clear down to its roots.
During the forty days He was being put to the test by the devil, He did not eat anything; then after it was over He was [very] hungry.
Now Jesus knew that everything had been completed [i.e., relating to His crucifixion], so then He said, in order to fulfill Scripture [Psa. 69:21], “I am thirsty.”
So, for this reason, He had to become like His brothers in every way [i.e., except that He never sinned], so that He could become a merciful and faithful Head Priest in things related to God’s [service], [and] that He could provide a means of purifying [Lev. 16:30] for people’s sins [i.e., a “covering over” or forgiveness of them].