Parable of the fig tree
The parable of the fig tree told by Jesus of Nazareth or the fig tree as a summer messenger or the budding fig tree is about the proximity of the kingdom of God. It is represented in the gospels in the New Testament of the Bible through the gospel according to Luke ( Lk 21.29-32 EU ), the gospel according to Mark ( Mk 13.28-29 EU ) as well as through the gospel according to Matthew ( Mt 24.32- 33 EU ).
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The parable is embedded in a series of accounts of the omens related to the coming of the Son of Man and the end of the world. Jesus then describes to his disciples the picture of a fig tree , the branches of which are leafing as soon as summer approaches. This is also the case with the omens described above: If you saw them, you would know that the kingdom of God is at hand.
interpretation
For Karl Layer the fig tree ( real fig , Ficus carica ) is an image or metaphor for the people of Israel , since the parable is followed by all evangelists with the addition "that this generation will not perish", whereby only the sex of the Jews , So Israel, could be meant.
literature
- Joachim Jeremias : The parables of Jesus (= small Vandenhoeck series. Volume 1500). Short edition. 9th edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1984, ISBN 3-525-33498-2
- Luise Schottroff : The parables of Jesus. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2005, ISBN 3-579-05200-4
See also
- Parable of the fig tree without fruit
- List of parables of Jesus
- List of biblical narratives
- Plants in the Bible
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Lohfink : The forty parables of Jesus. Herder, Freiburg / BAsle / Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-451-82670-2 , pp. 73-76
- ↑ Israel and the fig tree: In the Old Testament and in the message of Jesus. ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 36 kB), p. 6. In: Israel - A textbook for Christians. 1996, ISBN 3-7722-0288-8 , pp. 312-313.
