Ed Walsh
Puritan Board Senior
Greetings friends,
I guess by now you figured out that I am working through the gospel of Mark. This morning I had a question.
What do you make of Mark's relation of Jesus' cursing the fig tree? Only Mark tells us that "it was not the season for figs." Why would Jesus find fault with the fig tree when it was not time for it to bear figs?
Although Matthew Poole asks the same question, he does not offer any solid answers. I've always thought the fig tree represented Israel. I am puzzled over the not the season of figs meaning.
Any thoughts?
I guess by now you figured out that I am working through the gospel of Mark. This morning I had a question.
What do you make of Mark's relation of Jesus' cursing the fig tree? Only Mark tells us that "it was not the season for figs." Why would Jesus find fault with the fig tree when it was not time for it to bear figs?
Mark 11:12-14 ESV
On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
Although Matthew Poole asks the same question, he does not offer any solid answers. I've always thought the fig tree represented Israel. I am puzzled over the not the season of figs meaning.
Any thoughts?