then he chose twelve of them to be near his person, and afterwards to be gospel-missionaries.

As they came near to Jerusalem, about Bethphage and Bethany, by the mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, and said to them:

Consider this similitude taken from a fig-tree: when its branch is yet tender, and pushes out its leaves, you know that summer is near:

(for it was very great.) but when they were near in view, they perceiv'd that the stone was roll'd away.