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Mark says that he visited the tree for the purpose of obtaining figs. Why did the tree contain no fruit?
Mark: “Because the time of figs was not yet” ([13]).
This was before the Passover which occurred in March or April. In that part of Palestine where the miracle is said to have been performed the bocore, or early fig, ripened its first crop during the latter part of June; while the kermus, or fig proper, ripened in August. What a spectacle! An omniscient God searching for figs in March, and disappointed at not finding them—creating a tree to bear fruit in the summer and cursing it for not bearing in the spring!