| Geneva Study Bible And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have {e} faith in God. (e) The faith of God is that assured faith and trust which we have in him. People's New Testament 11:20-24 They saw the fig tree dried up. See notes on Mt 21:19-22. Mark adds the fact, not stated by Matthew, that this language was spoken the day after the tree was cursed. Wesley's Notes 11:22 Have faith in God - And who could find fault, if the Creator and Proprietor of all things were to destroy, by a single word of his mouth, a thousand of his inanimate creatures, were it only to imprint this important lesson more deeply on one immortal spirit? King James Translators' Notes Have...: or, Have the faith of God Scofield Reference Notes Margin Have faith Have the faith of God; i.e. the faith which God gives. Cf. 1Cor 12:9 Eph 2:8. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 22. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 11:19-26 The disciples could not think why that fig-tree should so soon wither away; but all wither who reject Christ; it represented the state of the Jewish church. We should rest in no religion that does not make us fruitful in good works. Christ taught them from hence to pray in faith. It may be applied to that mighty faith with which all true Christians are endued, and which does wonders in spiritual things. It justifies us, and so removes mountains of guilt, never to rise up in judgment against us. It purifies the heart, and so removes mountains of corruption, and makes them plain before the grace of God. One great errand to the throne of grace is to pray for the pardon of our sins; and care about this ought to be our daily concern. | 
