And seeing a fig-tree] Matthew 21:19. if haply] Or, to see if haply, as Genesis 3:22. he found nothing but leaves] An example of that vengeance which hangeth over the heads of hypocrites. for the time of figs was not yet] And yet it made shew of bearing fruit sooner then ordinary, Isaiah 28:4. which made our Saviour to come to it with expectation of fruit.