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What would you give up to spend just one hour with Jesus as He walked along the Judean countryside? What would you ask Him as you walked along the Sea of Galilee? Believed by some to be the first Gospel account of Jesus' life, the Gospel of Mark captures all of the emotion and marvel of the Son of God! Written from the memoirs of the Apostle Peter by his self-proclaimed "spiritual son" John Mark,...

12–14. The initial time reference sets the events of vv. 12–19 on Monday, the day after the triumphal entry. V. 13 is somewhat enigmatic. Why would Jesus look for figs when they were out of season? Gundry argues plausibly that Mark deliberately does not say Jesus looked for figs, but rather that he looked for “something” (τι, ti). The earliest figs do not ripen until June. Jesus was looking for the buds which form just before and as the tree leafs. These buds may appear as early as March 1st and,
Mark 11:12–14
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