He hungered (επεινασεν). Ingressive aorist indicative, became hungry, felt hungry (Moffatt). Possibly Jesus spent the night out of…

In the morning—The word implies “daybreak,” probably about 5 a.m. This was the usual Jewish time for the first food of the day. If…

He hungered. Wonderful words! The Lord of heaven hungered!

We cannot imagine that His kind hosts had neglected to provide for Him; He was pr…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: A wicked person is better overcome by yielding to him than by arguing with him, for wickedness is no…

Somewhere on the road between Bethany and Jerusalem, Jesus approached a fig tree in the hope of allaying his hunger, but found only leaves (see com…

And returning in the morning. Between that solemn entrance of Christ, of which we have spoken, and the day of the Passover, he had passed …

Now in the morning
Greek "in the first", or morning light, in the dawn, or break of day, the first spring of light; …

This cursing of the barren fig-tree represents the state of hypocrites in general. It teaches us that Christ looks for the power of religion in tho…

Here, it was stated that Matthew’s Gospel is divided into three parts:

1. In the first part, he relates Christ’s entrance into the world …