mark-11:24-26-niv

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 11:24

PRIVATE PRAYER‘All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye have received them, and ye shall have them.’ Mark 11:24. (R.V.) Private prayer and meditation seem to be in special danger of being overlooked or misunderstood, and yet they are of paramount importance. There is among us, even in sacred things, a restlessness of much serving, a distraction of external excitements, of publicity, of display, which threaten to overwhelm the more silent and hidden duties of religion. I.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:1-25

Jesus Enters Into Jerusalem As The Prince of Peace, Purifies the Temple, and Withers A Fig Tree With A Word (11:1-25). This passage in Mark is one whole, woven around the acted out picture of the fig tree. After His entry into Jerusalem Jesus goes and surveys the Temple, looking around and considering it, then He goes and surveys the fig tree and condemns it, after which He returns to the Temple, enters it and clears it of traders. Once that has occurred He and His disciples return to the fig... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:1-33

Jesus Approaches Jerusalem and Enters It As A Proclamation Of Who He Is, Cleanses The Temple, Depicts Its Coming Demise By Means Of The Withering of The Fig Tree, Enters Into Dispute With His Opponents, And Reveals Them As Those Who Are Like Faithless Tenants Of A Vineyard Rejecting Even The Son (10:46-12:12). Along with the festal crowds proceeding to the Passover in Jerusalem along the Jericho Road Jesus now passes through Jericho on the way to Jerusalem, which He intends to enter as the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:11-25

The Temple and the Fig Tree (11:11-25) Having made clear to those with eyes to see both Whom He was and the spirit in which He had come, meek and lowly and in peace as far as politics was concerned, Jesus moved on to the Temple, and there we are significantly told that ‘He looked around’. Remembering what He had previously done as a young firebrand (John 2:14-17) this gains in significance. But that is not specifically what Mark has in mind. He has more in mind an examination that looks around... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:19-25

The Lessons Of The Fig Tree Which Has Withered (11:19-25). When Peter calls Jesus’ attention to the fact that the fig tree has withered, Jesus uses the fact to draw a number of lessons. Firstly that anything is possible to the one who has faith, secondly that even the mountain that they could see before them (symbolic of the withered Temple) could be cast into the sea (symbolic of judgment) by faith, and thirdly of the necessity for forgiving and being forgiven if they too were to avoid... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:24

“Therefore I say to you, All things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them and you will have them”. This and the following verse could well be a teaching of Jesus which Mark knew of and put here in order to provide it with a context. It could be seen as a more general saying rather than as fitting the context directly. In that case it is a promise to the dedicated follower of Christ that whenever, in His service for God, he or she has a great need, they can come with... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:25

‘And whenever you stand praying, forgive if you have anything against anyone, that your Father who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.’ This is another saying of Jesus which at first sight appears to be even more ‘unattached’. Looking at it from this point of view it is a reminder that if we want our prayers to be answered our hearts must be right with God, and that means having a right attitude towards our fellowman. As we have the heart to forgive, so will we be forgiven (compare... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:20-25

Mark 11:20-Lamentations : . The Power of Faith.— On the third day of the week, Peter draws attention to the withered fig-tree, and Jesus uses it to illustrate the great power of faith. The teaching does not seem to spring very directly out of the incident. The reference to removing mountains is rightly interpreted metaphorically. In effect, the mountains are the obstacles which prevent the easy access of man to the holy city of God. To faith these obstacles must yield (see Swete). Mk. himself... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 11:24-26

See Poole on "Matthew 21:22". See Poole on "Matthew 6:14-15". See Poole on "Matthew 7:7", in which texts we before met with what we have in these verses, teaching us the necessity of faith and charity to those who would so pray as to find acceptance with God. This also lets us know the necessity of people’s full satisfaction, that what things they ask of God in prayer are according to the will of God, without which it is not possible they should pray with a full persuasion that they shall... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 11:12-26

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 11:13. If haply.—If, after all—although not the proper time for fruit.Mark 11:17. The marginal rendering is preferable.Mark 11:19. See R. V.Mark 11:23-24. See R. V.Mark 11:26. MS. authority for retention or omission is about equally divided.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 11:12-26(PARALLELS: Matthew 21:12-22; Luke 19:45-48.)Mark 11:12-14. The useless tree.—Dangers were closing round the Saviour, and He prudently spent His nights, except the last fatal... read more

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Mark 11:24

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:1-25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:1-33

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:11-25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:19-25

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:24

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:25

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 11:20-25

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 11:24-26

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 11:12-26

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