28 But when[a] these things begin to happen, stand up straight and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near!”

The Parable of the Fig Tree

29 And he told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. 30 When they put out foliage,[b] now you see for yourselves and[c] know that by this time the summer is near.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 21:28 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“begin”)
  2. Luke 21:30 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Luke 21:30 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“see”) has been translated as a finite verb