Mateo 21:18

18 Por la mañana, cuando regresaba a la ciudad, tuvo hambre.

Mateo 21:18 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 21:18

Now in the morning
Greek "in the first", or morning light, in the dawn, or break of day, the first spring of light; so the Latins ^F19 use "prima luce" for early in the morning, as soon as ever day breaks: so early did Christ rise, and return from Bethany to Jerusalem;

and as he returned to the city.
The Persic version renders it, "they returned"; which, though not a good version, gives a true sense; for, as Christ went with the twelve to Bethany, as Mark affirms, so these returned with him, as is clear from what follows. Thus Christ, day after day, went to and from Jerusalem: in the evening he went to Bethany, or to some part of the Mount of Olives, and there abode all night, and returned in the daytime to Jerusalem, and taught in the temple; for it does not appear that he was one night in Jerusalem, before the night of the passover.

He hungered,
rising so early before his friends were up, he had eaten nothing that morning, and so before he had got far from Bethany, found himself hungry; which proves the truth of his human nature, which was in all respects like to ours, excepting sin.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Caesar. Comment. 1. 1. p. 14. & passim. Curtius, 1. 5. c. 5. passim. Apulei Metamorph. 1. 9. p. 134.

Mateo 21:18 In-Context

16 y le dijeron: ¿Oyes lo que éstos dicen? Y Jesús les respondió<***>: Sí, ¿nunca habéis leído: "DE LA BOCA DE LOS PEQUEÑOS Y DE LOS NIÑOS DE PECHO TE HAS PREPARADO ALABANZA"?

17 Y dejándolos, salió fuera de la ciudad, a Betania, y se hospedó allí.

18 Por la mañana, cuando regresaba a la ciudad, tuvo hambre.

19 Y al ver una higuera junto al camino, se acercó a ella, pero no halló nada en ella sino sólo hojas, y le dijo<***>: Nunca jamás brote fruto de ti. Y al instante se secó la higuera.

20 Al ver esto, los discípulos se maravillaron y decían: ¿Cómo es que la higuera se secó al instante?