Cross Reference MARK 11:13 AND SEEING A FIG TREE AFAR OFF HAVING LEAVES HE CAME IF HAPLY HE MIGHT FIND ANY THING THEREON AND WHEN HE CAME TO IT HE FOUND NOTHING BUT LEAVES FOR THE TIME OF FIGS WAS NOT YET

{Mark 11:13} And 2532 seeing 1492 z5631 a fig tree 4808 afar off 3113 having 2192 z5723 leaves, 5444 he came, 2064 z5627 if 1487 haply 686 he might find 2147 z5692 any thing 5100 thereon: 1722 846 and 2532 when he came 2064 z5631 to 1909 it, y846 he x846 found 2147 z5627 nothing 3762 but 1508 leaves; 5444 for 1063 the time 2540 of figs 4810 was 2258 z5713 not 3756 [yet].

seeing:
"Andª when he sawª ° aª fig treeª inª the¹ way,ª he cameª ° toª it,ª andª foundª ° nothingª thereon,ª ª butª leavesª only,ª andª saidª ° unto it,ª Let no² ° fruitª growª ° onª theeª henceforwardª for² ever.ª ¹ Andª presentlyª the¹ fig treeª withered away.ª °" {Mtt 21:19} + "He spakeª ° alsoª thisª parable;ª A certainª [man] hadª ° a fig treeª plantedª ° inª his² ¹ vineyard;ª andª he cameª ° and soughtª ° fruitª thereon,ª ª andª foundª ° none.ª ... And ifª ² it¹ bearª ° fruit,ª [well]: and if not,ª [then] after thatª ª ° thou shalt cut² ° it² down.ª °¹" {Lke 13:6-9}

a fig tree:
The fig-tree, συκεη [Strong's G4808], is a genus of the polygamia tri�cia class of plants, seldom rising above twelve feet, but sending off from the bottom many spreading branches. The leaves are of a dark green colour, nearly a span long, smooth, and irregularly divided into from three to five deep rounded lobes; and the fruit grows on short and thick stalks, of a purplish colour, and contains a soft, sweet, and fragrant pulp, intermixed with numerous small seeds.

haply:
"And she went,² °¹ and came,ª ° and gleanedª ° in the fieldª afterª the reapers:ª ° and her hapª was to lightª ° on a partª of the fieldª [belonging] unto Boaz,ª who¹ [was] of the kindredª ¹ of Elimelech.ª" {Rth 2:3} + "And see,ª ° if¹ it goeth upª ° by the wayª of his own coastª to Bethshemesh,ª [then] he¹ hath doneª ° us¹ this¹ greatª evil:ª but if¹ not,¹ then we shall knowª ° that¹ [it is] not¹ his handª [that] smoteª ° us: it¹ [was] a chanceª [that] happened¹ to us.² °" {1Sm 6:9} + "Andª byª chanceª there came downª ° a certainª priestª ¹ thatª ² way:ª andª when he sawª ° him,ª he passed by on the other side.ª °" {Lke 10:31} + "Are² ° notª fiveª sparrowsª soldª ° for twoª farthings,ª andª notª oneª ofª themª isª ° forgottenª ° beforeª God?ª ... Butª even¹ the¹ very² hairsª of yourª headª are² ° allª numbered.ª ° Fearª ° notª therefore:ª ye are of more valueª ° than manyª sparrows.ª" {Lke 12:6-7}

he found:
"For¹ the vineyardª of the LORDª of hostsª [is] the houseª of Israel,ª and the menª of Judahª his pleasantª plant:ª and he lookedª ° for judgment,ª but behold¹ oppression;ª for righteousness,ª but behold¹ a cry.ª" {Isa 5:7}

for:
Dr. Campbell observes, that the declaration, "for the time of (ripe, Ed.) figs was not yet," is not the reason why our Lord did not find any fruit on the tree, because the fig is of that class of vegetables in which the fruit is formed in its immature state before the leaves are seen. But as the fruit is of a pulpy nature, the broad, thick leaves come out in profusion to protect it from the rays of the sun during the time it is ripening. If the words, "for the time," etc. however, are read as a parenthesis, they then become a reason why Jesus Christ should look for fruit, because the season for gathering not having fully come, it would remove all suspicion that the fruit had been gathered. While the presence of the leaves incontestably proved the advance of the tree to the state in which fruit is found.