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661 The Hero, p. 353.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… -spreading fig tree, he climbed to a seat among the branches. As the procession passed below, Zacchaeus scanned the crowd eagerly to locate the one Person he …
662 The Hero, p. 353.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… fig tree, the people came to a standstill, and One looked upward whose glance seemed to read his heart. Almost doubting his senses, the man in the tree heard …
663 The Hero, p. 367.6 (Ellen Gould White)
… tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.”
664 The Hero, p. 367.7 (Ellen Gould White)
… for figs.” But in the orchard to which Jesus came, one tree appeared to be ahead of all the others. It was already covered with leaves, giving promise of well-developed …
665 The Hero, p. 367.8 (Ellen Gould White)
… ! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.”
666 The Hero, p. 368.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… the fig tree seemed unlike what He would usually do. They remembered His words, “The Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” Luke 9:56. He …
667 The Hero, p. 368.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… barren fig tree, making a great show of foliage in the face of Christ, was a symbol of the Jewish nation. The Savior wanted to make plain the cause of Israel’s …
668 The Hero, p. 368.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… leafless trees raised no expectation and caused no disappointment. These represented the Gentiles, who had no more godliness than the Jews, but who made …
669 The Hero, p. 368.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… barren tree they might read both their sin and its punishment. Withered, dried up by the roots, the fig tree showed what the Jewish people would be when the grace …
670 The Hero, p. 368.6 (Ellen Gould White)
… the fig tree. They follow the forms of worship without repentance or faith. They claim to honor the law of God, but they lack obedience. In the sentence pronounced …
671 The Hero, p. 369.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… the fig tree, which Christ spoke before His visit to Jerusalem, had a direct connection with the lesson He taught by cursing the fruitless tree. In the parable …
672 The Victory, p. 185.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… barren fig tree, covered with a show of leaves, yet without any precious fruit. They lacked the spirit of true humility, penitence, and faith. In its place they …
673 The Victory, p. 196.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.” ( Matthew 24:29; Revelation 6:13 .) This prophecy was dramatically fulfilled in the great meteor …
674 The Victory, p. 211.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… the fig tree putting forth its leaves? Enough ... shall be known by the signs of the times to persuade us to prepare for His coming, as Noah prepared the ark.” Joseph …
675 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ALTHOUGH.1 (Noah Webster)
… the fig tree shall not blossom.” Habakkuk 3:17. That is, grant, admit or suppose what follows - “the fig tree shall not blossom.” It is a transitive verb, and admits after …
676 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CAN.13 (Noah Webster)
Can the fig tree bear olive berries? James 3:12 .
677 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COCHINEAL.1 (Noah Webster)
… Indian fig-tree. The female, which alone is valued for its color, is ill-shaped, tardy and stupid; the male is small, slender and active. It is of the size of a tick …
678 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FIG.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The fruit of the fig tree, which is of a round or oblong shape, and a dark purplish color, with a pulp of a sweet taste. But the varieties are numerous; some being blue, others red, and others of a dark brown color.
679 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FIG.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The fig tree.
680 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. FIG-LEAF.1 (Noah Webster)
FIG-LEAF, n. The leaf of a fig tree; also, a thin covering in allusion to the first covering of Adam and Eve.