And he spoke to them a parable;
Look at the fig tree, and all the trees;
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is very near.".
He immediately annexes a parable of this in "the trees which are tenderly sprouting into a flower-stalk, and then developing the flower, which is the precursor of the fruit."
