Mark 11:1-25

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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October 5, 2010


   *(From: MARK)*


 *D. 11:1-11 TRIUMPHAL ENTRY*

*a. 11:1-2 JESUS SENDS TWO DISCIPLES FOR A COLT*

Kai HOte egGIzou-sin [1448] eis Ie-roSOlu-ma,

*And when they draw nigh unto Jerusalem,*

eis B*e*th-phaG*E* kai B*e*-thaNIan, pros to Oros t*o*n E-lai*O*N,

*unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of :Olives,*

a-poSTELlei DUo t*o*n ma-th*e*T*O*N auTOU, kai LEgei auTOIS,

*he sends two of his :disciples, 2 and says to them,*

HuPAge-te eis t*e*n K*O*m*e*n t*e*n kaTEnan-ti [2713] huM*O*N:

*Go into the village that is over against you:*

kai euTHUS eis-po-reuOme-noi eis auT*E*N, heuR*E*se-te [2147] P*O*lon
[4454]de-deMEnon
[1210],

*and straightway as you enter into it, you shall find a colt tied,*

eph' hon ouDEIS OUp*o* anTHR*O*p*o*n eKAthi-sen; LUsa-te [3089] auTON, kai
PHEre-te.

*on which no man ever yet sat; loose him, and bring him.*


 *b. 11:3 IN CASE OF QUESTIONING*

kai eAN tis huMIN EIp*e*, Ti poiEIte TOUto? EIpa-te, Ho KUri-os auTOU
CHREIan [5532]

*And if any say to you, Why do you this? say, The Lord*

Echei; kai euTHUS auTON a-poSTELlei PAlin H*O*de.

*has need of him; and straightway he sends him back here.*


 *c. 11:4 COLT IS FOUND*

kai aP*E*Lthon, kai HEUron P*O*lon de-deMEnon pros THUran [2374]

*And they went away, and found a colt tied at a door*

Ex*o* ePI tou emPHOdou [296]; kai LUou-sin auTON.

*without in the open street; and they loose him.*


 *d. 11:5 DISCIPLES QUESTIONED*

KAI ti-nes t*o*n eKEI he-st*e*KOt*o*n Ele-gon auTOIS,

*And certain of them that stood there said to them,*

Ti poiEIte, LUon-tes ton P*O*lon?

*What do you, loosing the colt?*


 *e. 11:6 And they said to them even as :Jesus had said: and they let them
go.*

hoi de EIpan auTOIS kaTH*O*S EIpen ho I*e*SOUS: kai aPH*E*kan auTOUS.


 *f. 11:7 COLT BROUGHT TO JESUS*

kai PHErou-sin ton P*O*lon pros ton I*e*SOUN,

*And they bring the colt unto :Jesus,*

kai e-piBALlou-sin [1911] auT*O* ta hiMAti-a auT*O*N; kai eKAthi-sen ep'
auTON.

*and cast on him their :garments; and he sat upon him.*


 *g. 11:8 THE WAY IS GARLANDED*

kai polLOI ta hiMAti-a auT*O*N Estr*o*-san [4766] eis t*e*n hoDON;

*And many spread their :garments upon the way;*

ALloi de stiBAdos [4746], KOpsan-tes [2875] ek t*o*n aGR*O*N.

*and others branches, which they had cut from the fields.*


 *h. 11:9 THE PROCLAMATION FOR JESUS*

kai hoi proAgon-tes kai hoi a-ko-louTHOUNtes Ekra-zon, H*o*-sanNA;

*And who went before and who followed cried, Hosanna;*

eu-lo-g*e*MEnos [2127] ho erCHOme-nos en oNOma-ti KuRIou.

*Blessed who comes in the Lord's name.*


 *i. 11:10 PROCLAMATION EXTENDED*

eu-lo-g*e*MEn*e* h*e* er-choMEn*e* ba-siLEIa [932] tou paTROS h*e*M*O*N
DauID:

*Blessed the coming kingdom of our :father David:*

H*o*-sanNA [5614] en tois huPSIStois [5310].

*Hosanna in the highest.*


 *j. 11:11 JESUS IN JERUSALEM TEMPLE AND ON TO BETHANY*

Kai eiS*E*Lthen eis Ie-roSOlu-ma, eis to hi-eRON;

*And he entered into Jerusalem, into the temple;*

kai pe-ri-blePSAme-nos [4017] PANta, oPSE *E*d*e* OUs*e*s

*and having looked round about upon all things, it being now*

t*e*s H*O*ras, eX*E*Lthen eis B*e*-thaNIan meTA t*o*n D*O*de-ka.

*the eventide hour, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.*



 *E. 11:12-25 RUGGED FAITH: THE FAITH THAT PREVAILS*

*1. 11:12-14 CURSING OF THE FIG TREE*

*a. 11:12 And on the morrow, when they came out from Bethany, he hungered.*

Kai t*e* ePAUri-on, e-xelTHONt*o*n auT*O*N aPO B*e*-thaNIas, ePEIna-sen
[3983].


 *b. 11:13 JESUS FINDS LEAVES INSTEAD OF FIGS*

kai iD*O*N suK*E*N [4808] aPO maKROthen Echou-san PHULla [5444], *E*Lthen,

*And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came,*

ei Ara ti heuR*E*sei en auT*E*: kai elTH*O*N ep' auT*E*N,

*if haply he might find anything on it: and when he came to it,*

ouDEN HEUren ei m*e* PHULla; ho gar kaiROS [2540] ouk *e*n SUk*o*n.

*he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season of figs.*


 *c. 11:14a THE CURSE OF JESUS*

kai a-po-kriTHEIS EIpen auT*E*,

*And he answered and said to it,*

M*e*KEti eis ton ai*O*na ek sou m*e*DEIS karPON PHAgoi.

*No one eat fruit from you from now unto the age.*


 *d. 11:14b And his :disciples heard it.*

kai *E*kou-on hoi ma-th*e*TAI auTOU.

 *2. 11:15-19 SECOND CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE*

*a. 11:15-16 JESUS CLEANSES THE TEMPLE*

Kai ERchon-tai eis Ie-roSOlu-ma: kai ei-selTH*O*N eis to hi-eRON,

*And they come to Jerusalem: and as he entered into the temple,*

*E*Rxa-to ekBALlein [1544] tous p*o*LOUNtas [4453] kai tous a-goRAzon-tas
[59]

*and** began to cast out them that sold and them that bought*

en t*o* hi-eR*O*, kai tas traPEzas [5132] t*o*n kol-lu-biST*O*N [2855],

*in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers,*

kai tas kaTHEdras [2515] t*o*n p*o*LOUNt*o*n tas pe-ri-steRAS
[4058]kaTEstre-psen
[2690]; kai ouk

*and the seats of them that sold the doves; 16 and he would not*

*E*phi-en HIna tis di-eNEGk*e* [1308] SKEUos [4632] diA tou hi-eROU.

*suffer that any one carry a vessel through the temple.*


 *b. 11:17 JESUS JUSTIFIES HIS ACTION BY SCRIPTURE*

kai eDIda-sken, kai Ele-gen, Ou GEgrap-tai, [HOti]

*And he taught, and said, Is it not written, [that]*

Ho OI-KOS mou OIkos pro-seuCH*E*S kl*e*TH*E*se-tai PAsin tois ETHne-sin?

*My :house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations?*

huMEIS de pe-poi*E*ka-te auTON SP*E*lai-on [4693] l*e*ST*O*N [3027].

*but YOU have made it a den of robbers.*


 *c. 11:18 MIXED REACTION TO JESUS' ACTION*

kai *E*kou-san hoi ar-chi-eREIS kai hoi gram-maTEIS,

*And the chief priests and the scribes heard it,*

kai eZ*E*toun p*o*s auTON a-poLEs*o*-sin [622]: e-phoBOUNto gar auTON,

*and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him,*

pas gar ho OCHlos e-xePL*E*Sse-to [1605] ePI t*e* di-daCH*E* auTOU.

*for all the crowd was astonished at his :teaching.*


 *d. 11:19 And every evening they went forth out of the city.*

Kai HOtan oPSE eGEne-to e-xe-poREUon-to Ex*o* t*e*s POle-*o*s.


 *3. 11:20-25 SECRET TO PREVAILING PRAYER: FAITH*

*a. 11:20 THE DISCIPLES NOTE THE WITHERED FIG TREE*

Kai pa-ra-po-reuOme-noi pr*o*I,

*And as they passed by early in the morning,*

EIdon t*e*n suK*E*N e-x*e*-ramMEn*e*n [3583] ek 'riZ*O*N [4491].

*they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.*


 *b. 11:21 PETER POINTS IT OUT TO JESUS*

kai e-nam-n*e*sTHEIS [363] ho PEtros LEgei auT*O*, 'RabBEI,

*And :Peter calling to remembrance says to him, Rabbi,*

Ide, h*e* suK*E* h*e*n ka-t*e*RAs*o* [2672] eX*E*ran-tai.

*behold, the fig tree which you cursed is withered.*


 *c. 11:22 And :Jesus answered and says to them, Have God's faith.*

kai apo-kriTHEIS ho I*e*SOUS LEgei auTOIS, Eche-te PIstin TheOU.


 *d. 11:23 FAITH CAN MOVE A MOUNTAIN*

aM*E*N LEg*o* huMIN, [HOti] hos an EIp*e* t*o* Orei TOUt*o*,

*Amen I say unto you, [that] whoever shall say to this mountain,*

ARth*e*-ti [142] kai BL*E*th*e*-ti [906] eis t*e*n THAlas-san;

*Be taken up and cast into the sea; *

kai m*e* di-a-kriTH*E* [1252] en t*e* karDIa auTOU,

*and shall not doubt in his :heart,*

alLA piSTEU*e* HOti ho laLEI GIne-tai, EStai auT*O*.

*but shall believe that what he says comes to pass, he shall have it.*


 *e. 11:24 FAITH'S ATTITUDE: BASED ON A FINISHED WORK*

diA touTO LEg*o* t5, PANta HOsa proSEUches-the kai aiTEISthe,

*Therefore I say unto you, All things whatever you pray and ask for,*

piSTEUe-te HOti eLAbe-te [2483], kai EStai huMIN.

*believe that you received them, and you shall have them.*


 *f. 11:25 FAITH'S CONDITION: FORGIVENESS*

kai HOtan ST*E*k*e*-te pro-seuCHOme-na, aPHIe-ti [863],

*And whenever you stand praying, forgive,*

EI ti Eche-te kaTA ti-nos; HIna kai ho paT*E*R huM*O*N

*if you have anything against any one; that your :Father also*

ho en tois ou-raNOIS aPH*E* huMIN ta pa-rapT*O*ma-ta [3900] huM*O*N.

*who is in the heavens may forgive you your :trespasses.*



 *NOTE**: *11:1-11 - Jesus told the Jews - especially their leaders - that
they would not see Him again, until with *proper protocol* they welcomed Him
back with the words: *“Blessed is he who comes in the Name of Jehovah.”*

*This* is what they were doing for Him on Palm Sunday! - a preview of what
they would have to do to receive Him back! This is really a remarkable
event, and every detail of it has significance. See the part Jesus Himself
played in its preparation, by arranging for 2 of His disciples to get the
colt. In the first 3 Gospels, commonly called the Synoptic Gospels, all
these events put together in “time” order - throw much added light on this
event. James MacKnight of Scotland many years ago wrote a book “The
Apostolical Epistles”, plus a “Harmony of the Four Gospels”. He saw the
Gospel of Luke as having primacy for these “Time Events”. I have produced a
Manuscript many years ago of the 4 gospels based on the insights of James
MacKnight. I probably will not try and complete it for printing - but it was
a help to me personally to see the earthly life of Jesus in its “Harmony”
perspective. Remember again the 9 windows in the life of Jesus: The Virgin
Birth; His Bar Mitzvah at 12; His Dual Baptisms at 30; His Transfiguration;
His Passion at 33; His Resurrection as Firstfruits on the third day; His
Ascension 40 days after the Resurrection - a picture of His Triumphal
Return; The Pouring out of the Holy Spirit from the Father through the Son;
The Return of Christ at Feast of Tabernacles. These 9 events encompass the 3
Great Major Feasts of the Lord given to the Jews: Passover, fulfilled by
Jesus; Pentecost fulfilled by the Gift of the Holy Spirit; Tabernacles, to
be fulfilled at the return of our Lord.


 11:12-14 - Cursing of the Fig Tree. Much controversy has taken place over
this event. What is *your* take on it” Fruit doesn't come on fig trees at
the time of leaves. *So* - what was the *real* reason for this action of
Jesus? I believe that at the close of His 3 year ministry, He wanted to give
His disciples a vivid illustration concerning the reality of faith. In
11:20-25, we discover that if this was His intent - it *certainly* worked!
Peter was dumbfounded at the result. Notice especially 11:24; - “*believe
that you **received** them, and you shall have them.* “eLAbe-te” is an
aorist past tense, and signifies something completed in the past, upon which
one can confidently act in the future. Jesus' *finished* work at Calvary was
of this nature. To see that “all things are ours” because of what Jesus did
then, is the *basis* of victorious, overcoming faith! The disciples would *
never* forget this fig-tree illustration. But we are present day disciples.
Does the *finished work* of Jesus on Calvary mean this to us today? If we
are not obtaining remarkable answers to prayer - perhaps we should return to
this “fig tree” illustration, meditate upon it - and then step out in faith
like Jesus' *first* disciples!


 11:15-19 - Second Cleansing of the Temple. Now the die is cast! Now the
chief priests and the scribes know that they *must* destroy Jesus. As led by
Satan, they did! But what a terrible mistake was made! God proclaimed
“checkmate” on Satan for this! For Jesus was a *sinless* human being. He
died - the innocent - for the sin of Adam - a life of self-will that spread
to *every* member of the human race including you and me. But - by a *
sinless* :Son of man Himself - death could *not hold him*, and He arose *
Triumphant* o'er the grave, evermore to live as *Head* of the *One New Man*.
And Satan? awaiting the bottomless pit for 1000 years followed by the Lake
of Fire with the Antichrist, False prophet, all wicked angels, demons, and
unrepentant human beings. J.A.W.



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