John Trapp on Matthew 21:20

Verse 20. They marvelled, saying &c.] And well they might, for no conjurer, with all his skill, could have caused this figtree so suddenly to whither, with a word speaking. For the figtree is the most juicefull of any tree: and bears the brunt of winterblasts. Yea Plutarch tells us that there issueth from the figtreePlut. Sympos. lib. [illegible: 1 letter]. such a strong and most vehement vertue, as that if a bull be tied unto it for some while, he becomes tame and tractable, though he were never so fierce and fell before. No wonder therefore though the Disciples wondered at so sudden an alteration.