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A fig-tree (συκῆν μίαν)
Lit., one single fig-tree. Rev., in margin.
Presently (παραχρῆμα)
Presently, in popular speech, has acquired something of a future force. I will do such a thing presently means, I will do it, not immediately, but soon. The rendering here was correct in the older English sense of instantly. So constantly in Shakspeare:
“Prospero. Go, bring the rabble,
O'er whom I gave thee pow'r, here, to this place.
Ariel. Presently?
Pros. Ay, with a twink.
Ar. Before you can say 'come,' and 'go,'
And breathe twice; and cry 'so so;'
Each one tripping on his toe
Will be here.”
Temptest, iv., 1.
Compare Mat 21:20. “How did the fig-tree immediately wither away?” Rev.