Is Acts the 1st Entirely Spurious Historical Pseudepigrapha?

[andrewcriddle]

IIUC you are misunderstanding here.
The parable of the fig tree is based on Luke but it is found in the Ethiopic text of the Apocalypse not the Greek fragment.
See http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/t ... james.html

Andrew Criddle

mmm What I gleaned from Masssaux with respect to the parable of the fig tree ( 6. Apoc. Pet. 2:1) was

p.103 -

"Lk. was not here the source of the Apocalypse of Peter; indeed, the introductory statement, "receive ye the parable of the fig tree," is missing; moreover, the Lucan text extends to all threes the parable of the fig tree, and it does not have any clause corresponding to "as soon as its shoots have gone forth," which we do read in Mt and Mk.

... I [Massaux] have consistently found the author showed considerable fidelity to Mt., ... I am led to believe ... that the author follows, here, again, the Matthean text."

To clarify

And ye, take ye the likeness thereof (learn a parable) from the fig-tree: so soon as the shoot thereof is come forth and the twigs grown, the end of the world shall come.

is based on Matthew or Mark not Luke.
Jesus' later explanation of what he means

...Even as a man that planted a fig-tree in his garden, and it brought forth no fruit. And he sought the fruit thereof many years and when he found it not, he said to the keeper of his garden: Root up this fig-tree that it make not our ground to be unfruitful. And the gardener said unto God: (Suffer us) to rid it of weeds and dig the ground round about it and water it. If then it bear not fruit, we will straightway remove its roots out of the garden and plant another in place of it...

is based on Luke 13:6-9

6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
8 “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

Andrew Criddle