Mark 11:19

19 When evening came on, Jesus and His disciples used to leave the city.

Mark 11:19 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 11:19

And when even was come, he went out of the city.
] Of Jerusalem, as he did the evening before, and for the same reasons: probably he went to Bethany, where he had lodged the last night, with Lazarus, Martha, and Mary; or to the Mount of Olives, where he sometimes spent the night in prayer: the Syriac version renders it, "they went out"; for Christ took his disciples with him, as is evident from the following verse.

Mark 11:19 In-Context

17 And He remonstrated with them. "Is it not written," He said, "`My House shall be called The House of Prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it what it now is--a robbers' cave."

18 This the High Priests and Scribes heard, and they began to devise means to destroy Him. For they were afraid of Him, because of the deep impression produced on all the people by His teaching.

19 When evening came on, Jesus and His disciples used to leave the city.

20 In the early morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree withered to the roots;

21 and Peter, recollecting, said to Him, "Look, Rabbi, the fig-tree which you cursed is withered up."