Jesus approaches the fig tree, sees that it has produced no fruit, and curses it. Then, right after that, he marches into the temple and condemns the rank commercialism he finds there.

Figs and fig trees are familiar to a wide cross-section of human society, ... It is well known that figs are a recurring theme in religion: it is the first fruit tree mentioned in the Bible, ...

And with every page you turn you’ll discover something new about your Bible. Even under Nathanael’s fig tree. Andy Cook is the founder of Experience Israel Now and a resident of Peach County.

The fig tree is the first plant to be mentioned by name in the Bible: '[Adam and Eve] knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.' (Genesis 3:7) The ...

A parish in southern India´s Thamarassery diocese has devised new schemes to familiarize families with the Bible. Monsignor Thomas Nagaparambil (third left) plants a fig tree on Nov. 23 at ...