Mark 11:20

20 And as they passed forth early [And when they passed early], they saw the fig tree made dry from the roots.

Mark 11:20 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 11:20

And in the morning, as they passed by
The fig tree; when they returned the next morning from Bethany, or the Mount of Olives, or the place, wherever it was, they had been that night:

they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots;
they did not see it immediately wither as it did, nor could they see it, as they went from Jerusalem to this place, because it was then in the evening; but in the morning, as they came along, they observed it; not only that the tender branches and boughs of it, but the trunk and body of the tree, and even the roots of it, were all dried up; so that it was entirely dead, and there was no room ever to expect it would revive, and bear any more fruit.

Mark 11:20 In-Context

18 And when this thing was heard, the princes of priests and [the] scribes sought how they should destroy him [sought how they should lose him]; for they dreaded him, for all the people wondered on his teaching.

19 And when evening was come, he went out of the city.

20 And as they passed forth early [And when they passed early], they saw the fig tree made dry from the roots.

21 And Peter bethought him(self), and said to him, Master, lo! the fig tree, whom thou cursedest, is dried up. [And Peter having mind, said to him, Master, lo! the fig tree, which thou cursedest, hath dried up.]

22 And Jesus answered and said to them, Have ye the faith of God;