Matteo 21:20

20 E i discepoli, veduto ciò, si maravigliarono, dicendo: Come s’è in un attimo seccato il fico?

Matteo 21:20 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 21:20

And when the disciples saw it
The next day in the morning, as Mark says: they had, heard what Christ had said to it the day before, as the same evangelist observes; but did not take notice of the immediate withering of the tree; but the next morning, as they returned from Bethany, they saw it dried up from the roots:

they marvelled;
not that Christ should curse it, but that it should wither away so soon, and upon his saying what he did; which was a considerable instance of his power and Godhead, all creatures, animate and inanimate, being at his command and disposal:

saying, how soon is the fig tree withered away?
This was said by Peter, in the name of the rest, who recollecting what Jesus had said to it the day before, and observing how the event had answered his words so soon, addressed Christ after this manner: "master, behold the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away"; expressing his wonder at it, and ascribing, it to the power of Christ; of which this was an amazing proof and evidence.

Matteo 21:20 In-Context

18 E la mattina, tornando in città, ebbe fame.

19 E vedendo un fico sulla strada, gli si accostò, ma non vi trovò altro che delle foglie; e gli disse: Mai più in eterno non nasca frutto da te. E subito il fico si seccò.

20 E i discepoli, veduto ciò, si maravigliarono, dicendo: Come s’è in un attimo seccato il fico?

21 E Gesù, rispondendo, disse loro: Io vi dico in verità: Se aveste fede e non dubitaste, non soltanto fareste quel ch’è stato fatto al fico; ma se anche diceste a questo monte: Togliti di là e gettati nel mare, sarebbe fatto.

22 E tutte le cose che domanderete nella preghiera, se avete fede, le otterrete.