But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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Gill's Exposition
And the fig tree said unto them,.... Rejecting the offer made:
should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit; for such the fruit of the fig tree is, sweet and good: so Julian (d) the emperor shows…
This fable and that noted in the marginal reference are the only two of the kind found in Scripture. Somewhat different are the parables of the Old Testament, 2Sa 12:1-4; 2Sa 14:5-11; 1Ki 20:39-40.…
We have here the only testimony that appears to have been borne against the wicked confederacy of Abimelech and the men of Shechem. It was a sign they had provoked God to depart from them that neither…
Cambridge Bible
my sweetness The early ripe fig, especially, was and is esteemed for its flavour; see Isa 28:4; Jer 24:2; Hos 9:10; Mic 7:1.