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If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.`"
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Grace Has a Deadline
Commentators like Spurgeon and Henry stress that God's patience, while vast, is not infinite. The parable's vinedresser pleads for only one more year, after which he agrees the tree should be cut down. This serves as a solemn warning that the opportunity for repentance is limited, and a time comes when judgment is accepted as just.
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And if it bear fruit thenceforth (κ'αν μεν ποιηση καρπον εις το μελλον). Aposiopesis, sudden breaking off for effect (Robertson, <…
19th Century
Anglican
And if it bear fruit.—Some of the better manuscripts have, if it bear fruit in the time to come ... With either reading,…
Baptist
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if n…
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Once more Jesus alludes to Mic 7 (), this time to Mic 7:1, with its lament over unproductive fig trees. The symbolism applies to Israel (cf.[Refere…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if it bear fruit, well If hereby barren professors, as the Jews, become fruitful, it is well, a good thing is do…
Presbyterian
This parable of the barren fig tree is intended to enforce the warning given just before: the barren tree, unless it brings forth fruit, will be cu…
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