{"id":5508,"verse_id":"MRK.11.1","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"MRK","chapter":11,"verse":1,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"11.1","text":"The exact location of the village of Bethphage is not known. Most put it on the southeast side of the Mount of Olives and northwest of Bethany, about 1.5 miles (3 km) east of Jerusalem.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Mark%2011%3A1/3"}
{"id":5509,"verse_id":"MRK.11.1","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"MRK","chapter":11,"verse":1,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"4","reference":"11.1","text":"“Mountain” in English generally denotes a higher elevation than it often does in reference to places in Palestine. The Mount of Olives is really a ridge running north to south about 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) long, east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley. Its central elevation is about 30 meters (100 ft) higher than Jerusalem. It was named for the large number of olive trees which grew on it.","source_note_position":4,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Mark%2011%3A1/4"}
{"id":5510,"verse_id":"MRK.11.3","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"MRK","chapter":11,"verse":3,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"1","reference":"11.3","text":"The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Mark%2011%3A3/1"}
{"id":5511,"verse_id":"MRK.11.7","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"MRK","chapter":11,"verse":7,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"11.7","text":"See Zech 9:9 , a prophecy fulfilled here (cf. Matt 21:5 ; John 12:15 .","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Mark%2011%3A7/3"}
{"id":5512,"verse_id":"MRK.11.9","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"MRK","chapter":11,"verse":9,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"11.9","text":"A quotation from Ps 118:25-26 .","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Mark%2011%3A9/2"}
{"id":5513,"verse_id":"MRK.11.14","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"MRK","chapter":11,"verse":14,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"11.14","text":"Mark 11:12 - 14. The incident of the cursing of the fig tree occurs before he enters the temple for a third time ( 11:27 ff) and is questioned at length by the religious leaders ( 11:27-12:40 ). It appears that Mark records the incident as a portent of what is going to happen to the leadership in Jerusalem who were supposed to have borne spiritual fruit but have been found by Messiah at his coming to be barren. The fact that the nation as a whole is indicted is made explicit in chapter 13:1-37 where Jesus speaks of Jerusalem’s destruction and his second coming.","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Mark%2011%3A14/2"}
{"id":5514,"verse_id":"MRK.11.17","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"MRK","chapter":11,"verse":17,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"2","reference":"11.17","text":"A quotation from Isa 56:7 .","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Mark%2011%3A17/2"}
{"id":5515,"verse_id":"MRK.11.17","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"MRK","chapter":11,"verse":17,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"4","reference":"11.17","text":"A quotation from Jer 7:11 . The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels. Not only were the religious leaders robbing the people financially, but because of this they had also robbed them spiritually by stealing from them the opportunity to come to know God genuinely. It is possible that these merchants had recently been moved to this location for convenience.","source_note_position":4,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Mark%2011%3A17/4"}
{"id":5516,"verse_id":"MRK.11.33","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"MRK","chapter":11,"verse":33,"note_index":1,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"3","reference":"11.33","text":"Very few questions could have so completely revealed the wicked intentions of the religious leaders. Jesus’ question revealed the motivation of the religious leaders and exposed them for what they really were – hypocrites. They indicted themselves when they cited only two options and chose neither of them (“ We do not know ”). The point of Mark 11:27-33 is that no matter what Jesus said in response to their question they were not going to believe it and would in the end use it against him.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Mark%2011%3A33/3"}
{"id":5517,"verse_id":"MRK.11.33","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"MRK","chapter":11,"verse":33,"note_index":2,"note_type":"study_note","label":"NET study note","caller":"4","reference":"11.33","text":"Neither will I tell you. Though Jesus gave no answer, the analogy he used to their own question makes his view clear. His authority came from heaven.","source_note_position":4,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Mark%2011%3A33/4"}