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The Barren Fig Tree

Matthew 21:18

In 9 translations

BSB
In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.
KJV
Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
WEB
Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
ASV
Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he hungered.
LSV
and in the morning turning back to the city, He hungered,
YLT
and in the morning turning back to the city, he hungered,
DBY
But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered.
DRC
And in the morning, returning into the city, he was hungry.
GNV
And in the morning, as he returned into the citie, he was hungrie,

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πρωῒ (“Early”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Πρωῒας (“When early [morning]”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐπανάγων (“he is coming back”); Westcott–Hort read ἐπαναγαγὼν (“he having come back”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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  • SBLGNT: Πρωῒ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Πρωῒ; Robinson–Pierpont read Πρωῒας.
  • SBLGNT: ἐπανάγων. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐπανάγων; Westcott and Hort (1881) read ἐπαναγαγὼν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Πρωῒ δὲ ἐπανάγων εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἐπείνασεν.
RP2018
Πρωΐας δὲ ἐπανάγων εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ἐπείνασεν.
TR-Boyd
Πρωΐας δὲ ἐπανάγων εἰς τὴν πόλιν, ἐπείνασε.
SCR1894
πρωιας δε επαναγων εις την πολιν επεινασεν

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◆ Holy Week◆ Fig Tree Cursed

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 4:2After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
  • Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
  • Matthew 12:1At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
  • Mark 11:12–14The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it…
  • Mark 11:20–24As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots. Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.” “Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.…
  • Luke 4:2where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

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