Mark 11:27

ἔρχονται πάλιν. Apparently the same day (Tuesday), but later than πθωῒ in Mark 11:20; it is called “The Day of Questions.” We may think of the scene as the Court of the Gentiles (Mark 11:15-17) in which He was walking, and teaching as He had opportunity. For the constr. see on Mark 9:28.

οἱ�.τ.λ. See on Mark 8:31, where, as here, all three elements of the Sanhedrin are mentioned, each with a separate article. The deputation is a formal one, and representatives of each of the three bodies are present. The intrinsic probability of the question which they raise and of the questions which follow is admitted by Strauss. Hausrath (N.T. Times, p. 250) gives a vivid description of this “picture with genuine Oriental local colouring.”