And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.” And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them,“Yes; have you never read, “‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?” And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
Do You hear what these are saying? - The crowd, which apparently included young boys just beginning their religious training, was calling Jesus “Son of David,” which is the same as calling Him Messiah.
have you never read - from Psalm 8:2
This account is also found in Mark 11:15-19 and Luke 19:45-47.
This (v 12) is the second time Jesus cleared the temple. The first was at the beginning of His ministry as recorded in John 2:13-22.
This (v 12) is the second time Jesus cleared the temple. The first was at the beginning of His ministry as recorded in John 2:13-22.
"John records Jesus cleansing the Temple at the beginning of His ministry (Jn 2:12-16). Mark makes clear that a second cleansing occurred much later, on Monday of Holy Week (Mk 11:12-19)." (Ryrie)
money-changers - The people were required to exchange Roman money for temple money at a rate advantageous to the temple authorities.
money-changers - The people were required to exchange Roman money for temple money at a rate advantageous to the temple authorities.
"Ordinary coinage had to be exchanged for ancient Hebrew or Tyrian shekels, which were of standard weight and without blemish, as an offering to God." (Ryrie)
It is written - "Jesus here combines parts of two OT verses" [Isaiah 56:7 and Jeremiah 7:11 in the Septuagint]. (Ryrie)
It is written - "Jesus here combines parts of two OT verses" [Isaiah 56:7 and Jeremiah 7:11 in the Septuagint]. (Ryrie)
in the temple - "Doubtless at the gate or in the Temple court, for the blind and the lame were not permitted into the Temple (2 Sam 5:8)." (Ryrie)
Do You hear what these are saying? - The crowd, which apparently included young boys just beginning their religious training, was calling Jesus “Son of David,” which is the same as calling Him Messiah.
have you never read - from Psalm 8:2
"Jesus is apparently quoting Ps 8:2, though 'prepared praise' comes from the LXX version of the psalm and may be translated 'provided yourself with praise.'" (Ryrie)
Bethany - a village on the eastern side of the Mount of Olives about a mile east of Jerusalem — where Lazarus and his sisters lived.
This took place on Monday.
"According to Jewish tradition, this was the day the lamb was selected to be slain and eaten for the Passover. Christ, then, was presenting Himself at the time that the Jews were selecting a Passover lamb for themselves." (Pentecost)
Bethany - a village on the eastern side of the Mount of Olives about a mile east of Jerusalem — where Lazarus and his sisters lived.
This took place on Monday.
"According to Jewish tradition, this was the day the lamb was selected to be slain and eaten for the Passover. Christ, then, was presenting Himself at the time that the Jews were selecting a Passover lamb for themselves." (Pentecost)
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