Key Verse Spotlight
Mark 11:18 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βAnd the scribes and chief priests heard {it}, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.β
Mark 11:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And would not suffer that any man should carry {any} vessel through the temple.
And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. {of all...: or, an house of prayer for all nations}
And the scribes and chief priests heard {it}, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
And when even was come, he went out of the city.
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.
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