Mark 11:12

And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

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Interpretation

Christ looked to find some fruit, for the time of gathering figs, though it was near, was not yet come; but he found none. He made this fig-tree an example, not to the trees, but to the men of that generation.

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This thought runs through Mark 11:12-14.

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Glossary

Bethany Place: House of dates. (1. ) The Revised Version in John 1:28 has this word instead of Bethabara, on the authority of the oldest manuscripts. It appears to have been the name of a place on the east of Jordan. Modern identification: Al Eizariya.