Matthew 24:32

Matthew 24:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
• New International Version (NIV)“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

Context of Matthew 24:32

30And at that time the sign of the Son of Man [coming in His glory] will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth [and especially Israel] will mourn [regretting their rebellion and rejection of the Messiah], and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory [in brilliance and splendor]. 31And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet and they will gather together His elect (God’s chosen ones) from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its young shoots become tender and it puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near; 33so you, too, when you see all these things [taking place], know for certain that He is near, right at the door. 34I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this generation [the people living when these signs and events begin] will not pass away until all these things take place.

Matthew 24:32 word by word

Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς συκῆς μάθετε τὴν παραβολήν· ὅταν ἤδη ὁ κλάδος αὐτῆς γένηται ἁπαλὸς καὶ τὰ φύλλα ἐκφύῃ, γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• learnμανθάνωmanthanō · to learnG3129
• a parableὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• a parableπαραβολήparabolē · parableG3850
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the fig treeσυκῆsukē · fig treeG4808
• Whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• branchκλάδοςklados · branchG2798
• isγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• yetἤδηēdē · alreadyG2235
• tenderἁπαλόςapalos · tenderG527
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• putteth forthἐκφύωekphuō · to put outG1631
• leavesφύλλονphullon · leafG5444
• ye knowγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• summerθέροςtheros · summerG2330
• nighἐγγύςeggus · nearG1451

Cross-references for Matthew 24:32

• Mark 13:28“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its branch becomes tender and it puts out its leaves, you recognize that summer is near.
• Luke 21:29Then He told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees;

Commentaries on Matthew 24:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Learn a parable of the fig-tree - That is, These signs which I have given you will be as infallible a proof of the approaching ruin of the Jewish state as the budding of the trees is a proof of the coming summer.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Now learn a parable - See the notes at Matthew 13:3. The word here means, rather, “an illustration” make a “comparison,” or judge of this as you do respecting a fig-tree. Fig-tree - This was spoken on the Mount of Olives, which produced not only olives, but figs. Possibly one was near when he spoke this. When his branch … - When the juices return from the roots into the branches, and the buds swell and burst, “as if tender,” and too feeble to contain the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-41Verses 29-41 Christ foretells his second coming. It is usual for prophets to speak of things as near and just at hand, to express the greatness and certainty of them. Concerning Christ's second coming, it is foretold that there shall be a great change, in order to the making all things new. Then they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds. At his first coming, he was set for a sign that should be spoken against, but at his second coming, a sign…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 24:32

• Fig Tree
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus Continued
• Seasons
• Summer

In the dictionaries

• Deceive
• Desolation
• Elect
• Flight
• Goodman
• Learn
• Lo
• Matthew, Gospel according to
• Olves, Mount of
• Parable

Commentaries on Matthew 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings