There is nothing that in the text that supports your assertion that it was taken without permission. It might have been prearranged, for all you know.
I do not, indeed, know a great deal about pigs. But my statement wasn't flippant. No religious Jew would raise pigs for food. Otherwise, I cannot say much about the Mystery of the Pigs.
This is what the text says about the fig tree:
Matthew
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Early in the morning, as he was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.
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Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" Immediately the tree withered.
You will notice there is none of your editorializing. Investigating your editorial claims, I discovered that many varieties of figs have two growing seasons. The first may yield ripe figs by June, so it is plausible that some figs would be available in April.
For the last, I am merely referring to the consideration you would give any narrative texts, in interpreting passages in the light of the premises of the whole. |
