Mar 11:13 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 11:13-14: 11:13-14 it was too early in the season for fruit: Jesus did not curse the fig tree merely because it lacked fruit. Rather, he was performing a prophetic sign act like those of earlier prophets (Isa 20 ; Jer 13:1-11 ; 19:1-13 ; Ezek 4 ). Just as Jesus judged the fruitless fig tree, so too he judged the Temple and the worship of Israel, in which he found no fruit. This judgment was fulfilled in AD 70 with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Romans.

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eEzek 4►

‏ Mark 11:13

Summary for Mark 11:13-14: 11:13-14 ^a it was too early in the season for fruit: Jesus did not curse the fig tree merely because it lacked fruit. Rather, he was performing a prophetic sign act like those of earlier prophets (Isa 20 ^b; Jer 13:1-11 ^c; 19:1-13 ^d; Ezek 4 ^e). Just as Jesus judged the fruitless fig tree, so too he judged the Temple and the worship of Israel, in which he found no fruit. This judgment was fulfilled in AD 70 with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Romans.