Reading Mark 11

I am currently reading from the Contemporary English Version provided at Bible Gateway.

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I admit I had trouble with this one. The accounts in Mark 11 seemed out of character to me. So I discussed it with my wife, and she suggested I check out a commentary.

I used Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary at Christ Notes. It was very interesting.

We're getting close to the time when Jesus is raised on the cross. He has been warning His disciples, and they are fearful. So Jesus in Mark 11.1-11, is flamboyant in His entrance into Jerusalem. He is not afraid!

Mark 11.12-26 accounts Jesus cursing a fig tree, lambasting the people at the temple, finding the tree wilted, and then telling the disciples that anything is possible with faith in God.

Without faith, we are like that fig tree. We would wither and die.

In Mark 11.27-33, the priests are trying to find a reason to kill Jesus. He's really making their lives hard. But Jesus is too wise to fall for their tricks.

Praise Jesus!