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1641 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 936.27 (Matthew Henry)
… the fig-tree, I saw thee, said Christ to Nathaniel, John 1:48. He saw Paul at prayer in such a street, at such a house, Acts 9:11. There is not a secret, sudden breathing …
1642 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.13 (Matthew Henry)
… barren fig-tree, he added, I will dig about it, Luke 13:7, 13:8. God gives knowledge and grace to those that search the scriptures, and wait at Wisdom’s gates; and power …
1643 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 937.44 (Matthew Henry)
… the tree, which is such as that, (1.) If you know what the tree is, you may know what fruit to expect. Never look to gather grapes from thorns, nor figs from thistles …
1644 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 951.1 (Matthew Henry)
… barren fig-tree, and his discourse with his disciples thereupon, Matthew 21:17-21:22. IV. His justifying his own authority, by appealing to the baptism of John …
1645 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 951.50 (Matthew Henry)
Christ therefore hungered, that he might have occasion to work this miracle, in cursing and so withering the barren fig-tree, and therein might give us an instance of his justice and his power, and both instructive.
1646 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 951.51 (Matthew Henry)
… tree; that is set forth for an example; Come, learn a parable of the fig-tree, Matthew 24:32. The scope of it is the same with the parable of the fig-tree, Luke …
1647 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 951.52 (Matthew Henry)
… barren fig-tree, represents the state of hypocrites in general; and so it teaches us, [1.] That the fruit of fig-trees may justly be expected from those that have …
1648 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 951.53 (Matthew Henry)
… a fig-tree planted in Christ’s way, as a church. Now observe, [1.] The disappointment they gave to our Lord Jesus. He came among them, expecting to find some fruit …
1649 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 951.55 (Matthew Henry)
… the fig-tree withered away ! There was no visible cause of the fig-tree’s withering, but it was a secret blast, a worm at the root; it was not only the leaves of it …
1650 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 951.61 (Matthew Henry)
… barren fig-tree, yet, for aught that appears, he went straight to the temple, as one that esteemed the words of God’s mouth, the preaching of them, more than his …
1651 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 954.77 (Matthew Henry)
… the fig-tree is no more than this, that its budding and blossoming are a presage of summer; for as the stork in the heaven, so the trees of the field, know their appointed …
1652 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 955.105 (Matthew Henry)
… the fig-tree, I saw thee, John 1:48 .
1653 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 969.1 (Matthew Henry)
… barren fig-tree, Mark 11:12-11:14. III. His driving those out of the temple that turned it into an exchange, Mark 11:15-11:19. IV. His discourse with his disciples concerning …
1654 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 969.8 (Matthew Henry)
… of figs, it was no good fig-year. But this was worse than any fig-tree, for there was not so much as one fig to be found upon it, though it was so full of leaves. However …
1655 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 969.9 (Matthew Henry)
… the fig-tree; but the zeal of God’s house so ate him up, and made him forget himself, that he came, hungry as he was, to Jerusalem, and went straight to the temple, and …
1656 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 969.14 (Matthew Henry)
… the fig-tree; but the next morning, as they passed by, they observed the fig-tree dried up from the roots, Mark 11:20. More is included many times in Christ’s curses …
1657 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 969.15 (Matthew Henry)
… bay-tree. Those whom he curseth are cursed indeed. This represented the character and state of the Jewish church; which, from henceforward, was a tree dried …
1658 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 971.34 (Matthew Henry)
… 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 …
1659 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 978.12 (Matthew Henry)
… the fig-tree doth not blossom, Habakkuk 3:17. She was an active believer who said that she had made many a meal’s meat of the promises when she wanted bread.
1660 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 980.40 (Matthew Henry)
… good tree. On the other hand, a corrupt tree doth not bring forth good fruit, though it may bring forth green leaves; for of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of …