28Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
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And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; …
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-37)We have here the application of this prophetical sermon; now learn to look forward in a right manner. I. “As to the destruction of Jerusalem, expect it to come very shortly ; as when the branch of the fig-tree becomes soft , and the leaves sprout forth , ye expect that summer will come shortly, Mark 13:28. When second causes begin to work, ye expect their effects in their proper order and time. So…
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