Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:18-19
Jesus passed the lone fig tree somewhere between Bethany and Jerusalem."Fig leaves appear about the same time as the fruit or a little after [normally in April]. The green figs are edible, though sufficiently disagreeable as not usually to be eaten till June. Thus the leaves normally point to every prospect of fruit, even if not fully ripe. Sometimes, however, the green figs fall off and leave nothing but leaves." [Note: Carson, "Matthew," p. 444.] The leaves on this tree suggested that it had... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 21:18-22
Matthew 21:18-22. Now in the morning, &c.— I shall postpone the remarks on this miracle to Mark 11:0 as it is there related with some circumstances which require particular notice; observing that our Lord cursed the fig-tree in the morning of the day on which he cast the buyers and sellers out of the temple: and though the tree began that instant to wither, the disciples did not take notice of its withering, because they left the spot just as Jesus was pronouncing the curse; neither did... read more