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Mar_11:20-24. Comp. on Mat_21:20-22. But according to Matthew the tree withered away forthwith after the cursing, so that the following conversation immediately attached itself thereto. A later form moulded in accordance with the immediate result in other miracles. If Mark had separated the miracle into two acts in order to give to it the more importance (see Köstlin, p. 335) he would have reckoned erroneously, as the immediate result is the greater and therefore the more in keeping with a “later reflection” (Hilgenfeld). But this variation of the tradition has nothing to do with the view that the entire history is only a legendary formation from Luke 13 (in opposition to Schenkel).
παραπορευόμενοι πρωΐ ] Fritzsche is wrong in rejecting this order, because “ πρωΐ is opposed to the preceding ὀψέ .” In fact παραπορ . is the leading idea (and passing by in the morning), pointing out the modal definition to the following εἶδον κ . τ . λ .
Mar_11:22. πίστιν Θεοῦ ] confidence in God; genitive of the object. Comp. Act_3:16; Rom_3:22; Gal_2:20; Gal_3:22; Eph_3:8; Dem. 300, 10; Eur. Med. 414.
Mar_11:24. διὰ τοῦτο ] because the confidence has so great effect.
ὅτι ἐλάβετε ] (see the critical remarks): The praeterite is not “ineptum” (Fritzsche), but the having received, which one believes has its ground in the counsel of God. Comp. Mar_13:20. The real de facto bestowal is future ( ἔσται ὑμῖν ).