Or, by the fig tree understand the human race, by reason of the temptations of the flesh. “When its branch is tender,” i.e. when the sons of men through faith in Christ have progressed towards spiritual fruits, and the honour of their adoption to be the sons of God has shone forth in them.
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Also cites: Quaest. Ev., i, 39