In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots — the morning discovery of the withered fig tree provides the second half of the fig tree inclusion (verses 12–14, 20–25) that brackets the temple cleansing. Withered from the roots communicates total, irreversible death — not merely wilted from drought but dead from the foundation up. The tree that was in full leaf yesterday is completely dead today.

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