23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. "When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up [73] to Jerusalem." (2:13) Passover is a celebration of God delivering the Jewish people from Egypt. Construction of this temple began in 19 B.C. 2, 22, 89, 110, and 118). Send yourself back to school. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. All, the whole, every kind of. 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; 16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. His parents did not know it, 44 but because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers they went a days journey. 109 I will not take the time to refute the views of those who would try to convince us that our Lords brothers are not His earthly half-brothers: James, Joses, Jude, and Simon (see Mark 6:3). K where he purges the temple of buyers and sellers. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. 2:6, the Jews manner of purifying). Because this is true, our sins in the body are taken most seriously. It certainly is clearly stated in John 2, verse 16. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. Did they not know where He would be? Bob is a pastor/teacher and elder at Community Bible Chapel in Richardson, Texas, and has contributed many of his Bible study series for use by the Foundation. And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit. 126 See Appendix: Were There Two Temple Cleansings or Just One?. What agreement has the temple of God with idols? Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast, But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all. See also Ezekiel 10:15-19; 11:22-23; Zechariah 14:21; Malachi 3:1, 3. It is where the centurion (and otherssee John 6:24) come to find Jesus, to plead with Him to heal his servant (Matthew 8:5-13). The temple of our text is the temple in Jerusalem. I like Taskers assessment of the matter: John is not correcting a supposed chronological blunder on the part of the earlier evangelists, nor deliberately altering their history in the interests of theological exposition, but, we may reasonably suppose, relating an additional cleansing which the Synoptic writers had no occasion to relate, for it did not form part of the Petrine, Galilaean tradition which they were embodying.140. The Jewish people went to war with Rome thirty years after Jesus left. Hot rod? I was all ears. So it was that my Dad and I hitchhiked over one hundred miles to Portland, Oregon, where we believed a good used truck could be found. Jesus Clears the Temple - John Bible Study - Verse by Verse of the We owned a small fishing resort, so we needed a pickup to haul firewood and garbage, among other things. For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. The temple is being abused, and Jesus rightly responds to such abuse. Blog, A His family appears to have relocated110 there. Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Elsewhere, the resurrection of our Lord is viewed as the work of the Father (Acts 2:24, etc.) The entire precincts of the Temple. Had He come to some other nation it would have been bad enough, but Israel was peculiarly Gods own people. 120 Now at this occasion Jesus, entering Jerusalems temple, notices that the court of the Gentiles had been changed into what must have resembled a stockyard. Instead, He speaks to them of the ultimate sign, His death and resurrection: Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again (verse 19). His triumph will be evident in three days, when He will be raised up from the dead.131. Grass-withe or tie. On the way home, my Dad could not help leaving a little rubber on the pavement (he was used to driving a 6-cylinder Plymouth). The account of the first cleansing is in John 2:13-16. And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day. They would exploit the worshippers. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. 16To those who sold doves he said, Get these out of here! Luke 19:45 - Jesus Cleanses the Temple - Bible Hub John tells his readers what we already know. But let him try it! He then drives them all out of the temple area. This was a good decision since it frequently broke down, it was not licensed (we drove it only on our property), and there was no driver-side door. And he told those who sold the pigeons, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade. His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house will consume me.. 136 Whether or not certain things should ever be sold by or to church members is another question. 16:32). For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people (2 Corinthians 6:16). If the outer courts are filled with oxen and lambs and doves, there is no place for the Gentiles to pray and to worship God. And I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days. My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. Then I rose and went about the king's business, but I was appalled by the vision and did not understand it. Jesus Clears the Temple - Archive - Truth For Life Let me be very clear: church buildings are not Gods house in the sense that the temple was. Come, Follow Me; 2019 New Testament Media Resources; Feb. 1117: John 24; Jesus Cleanses the Temple. (E) 15So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. Nevertheless, our text has something to say about our gathering for worship. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. January 26, 2022 Bible Articles Video Audio The Bible story of Jesus cleansing the temple directly follows His triumphal entry into Jerusalem as King and savior of mankind. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Jesus clears worldly merchandise from the temple courts in order to keep the temple a holy place. It is very difficult to estimate the influx of people to Jerusalem, not only from other parts of Israel, but from all over the world (see Acts 2:5-12). v t e The cleansing of the Temple narrative tells of Jesus expelling the merchants and the money changers from the Temple and is recounted in all four canonical gospels of the New Testament. 188-191) (Carson, p.177). Jesus did not want people "selling God." 2. Who are we to say what God can do, or when? 8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mothers children; 9 Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on Me (Psalm 69:8-9, NKJV). From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. The disciples came to view this cleansing of the temple in the light of Psalm 69:124. And in the process of doing so, He declares Himself to be God. The Jews do not understand at all. 112 In the first part of chapter 2, Jesus turned cleansing water into wine. He was surprised they had to look for Him. If you were smart, you would politely listen to the officer, admit you were wrong, take the ticket, and pay it. The view represented here is one commonly accepted by students of the New Testament Gospels. 16And He said to those who sold doves, Take these things away! When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables. They are not allowed to pass beyond a certain point (see Acts 21:27-30). And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. If Jesus took the defilement of Herods temple so seriously, how do you think He feels about the way you and I use our bodies? Why do some want to challenge the text, based solely upon their own presuppositions? A Visual Guide to John 2:13-25 | Jesus Cleanses the Temple God is with His people when they gather, though it is not the building He indwells, but the church, His body. 121-122. Later portions of this psalm depict events that occur at the crucifixion of our Lord (see Ps. And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. We decided to try one last dealer before making our way home. And the goat is the king of Greece. Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man. It is Jesus turn to respond. Why Did Jesus Have To Cleanse The Temple? - Bible Verses, Quotes The celebration of the Passover also commenced the Feast of Unleavened bread, so that the entire Passover celebration took a week.115 Attendance for adult Israelite males was compulsory:116, Every male Jew, from the age of twelve and up, was expected to attend the Passover at Jerusalem, a feast celebrated to commemorate the deliverance of the people of Israel from Egyptian bondage. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. 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. And the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.. Handed down. Jesus and the men who accompany Him do not stay long in Capernaum. After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. And when he had made a whip of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; John 18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. If our body is the temple of God, then to defile it is to defile Gods temple. 14:58 par. 16:7; 1 Chr. 13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Read John 2:12 Some of this may be biblically defensible and even good, but some may not. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 3:16; 6:19; 2 Cor. It is very difficult to believe that this is the real reason this is done, however. And in view of these conditions the Holy Temple, intended as a house of prayer for all people, had become a den of robbers (cf. Target Age: Kindergarten - 5 th Download: Jesus Cleanses The Temple Items Needed: Marked Bible for this passage. Jesus himself (15:25) cites Ps. All rights reserved. One might say they believe that what Jesus said and what was written in the Scriptures are one and the same, and both were fulfilled.132 They came to believe in Jesus, and His words as the fulfillment of Scripture. V Get these out of here! The temple was largely complete in the time of our Lord, but was fully completed a mere 6 years before it was destroyed in 70 A.D. Perhaps it did not have the glory of the first temple built by Solomon, but it must have exceeded the beauty and splendor of the second temple (compare Ezra 3:12; Mark 13:1). The irony is that Jesus actions are the sign:130. 2). Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates. And let us use them well as His stewards. Upset. sitting C He came home, where the people ought to have known Him.133, Various translations try to capture the significance of the subtle change of terms John deliberately employs in verse 11. Other echoes of various passages of this Psalm (which is Ps. Desolations are decreed. You yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. The old 1936 pickup was mine, at least in my mind, and it was no longer able to fulfill its duties. Jesus does not give them a sign. The, the definite article. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and ov. Another reason is that this seems to have been our Lords final stay with His family. 129 The Synoptists report that at Jesus trial before the Sanhedrin false witnesses charged him with making the statement, I will destroy this man-made temple and in three days will build another, not made by man (Mk. There was the stench and the filth, the bleating and the lowing of animals, destined for sacrifice. Hendriksen, p. 122. Hendriksen, p. 120; Morris, pp. Just one hot rod, the salesman responded. And he was teaching them and saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? Has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? It is a prayer for his deliverance, due to his piety. In fact, He is God tabernacling among men, as John tells us (John 1:14). The disciples appear to be taken in by our Lords family for the few days they stay in Capernaum. Even the hard-hearted Jewish religious leaders realize that more is going on here than this. The money-changers would charge a certain fee for every exchange-transaction. 1. I fear we have turned some Christian ministries into industries, Christian industries, where some Christians begin to view the needs of others as an opportunity to make a profit, rather than an occasion to sacrificially minister to others. Whenever we begin to sell things in the church, that danger exists. In truth, God claims it all, and we are merely stewards of His possessions. No beast could stand before him, and there was no one who could rescue from his power. Even if you were wrong, you would likely protest, Who do you think you are, pulling me over to lecture me about my driving?. Those who accept it as the inspired Word of God should accept its statements without feeling obliged to change them. You dont have any older used pickups, do you? my father asked. R But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 26 They will bring the grandeur and the wealth of the nations into it, 27 but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lambs book of life (Revelation 21:21-27, emphasis mine). One may wonder about Johns reasons for including this verse. (Jerusalem, April 9, A. D. Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng Ed, Issue 48, Summer 2023, That You Might Believe: A Study of the Gospel of John. 2. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Gospels: Matthew 21:12 Jesus entered into the temple of God (Matt. Middle voice of archo; to commence. Several things catch my attention in these two verses. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. 2:23, NKJV Study Bible, Full-Color, Comfort Print: The Complete Resource for Studying Gods Word, NKJV, Chronological Study Bible: Holy Bible, New King James Version. 21 But he spake of the temple of his body. Jesus Cleared the Temple (John 2:13-22) Sunday School Lesson - Ministry Although Carson is inclined toward the two-cleansing view, even he is reluctant to be dogmatic on this point: In short, it is not possible to resolve with certainty whether only one cleansing of the temple took place, or two; but the arguments for one are weak and subjective, while the most natural reading of the texts favours two.139. 0/8. As I read this account of this first temple cleansing, I am reminded of a comment by Leon Morris on John 1:11, which directly relates to our text. John 2:13-23 Jesus Cleanses The Temple Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Leviticus 1:14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. OpenBible.info For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? (M) Then they believed the scripture(N) and the words that Jesus had spoken. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. To sell, exchange, barter. We are not actually told here what Scripture John has in mind, which the disciples remember and believe. And they came to Jerusalem. Principles employed in the business world, which are truly biblical, may be applicable to the church. D. A. Carson comments, Only a very few judge it likely that there were two temple cleansings, one near the beginning of Jesus public ministry and the other at the end (e.g. What Jesus sees going on in the temple courts troubles Him a great deal! Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! A scourge, lash, whip. Used by permission. (L) 22After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. 15:4, [1 Cor. The temple belongs to Him." Thus, As the Lord of the temple, Jesus has authority to cleanse it and restore it to its proper use. Do not make my Fathers house a marketplace!122, After His death and resurrection, our Lords disciples remembered that it was written,123 Passion for your house will devour me (verse 17). 13 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 then there were the money-changers, sitting cross-legged behind their little coin-covered tables. Jesus Cleanses the Temple Bible Story and Lessons - Crosswalk Moreover, He came to Israel. Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. Jesus Clears the Temple 13 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. NEXT Jesus Talks with Nicodemus. 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men. 107 Capernaum lay on the northwest shore of Galilee, about sixteen miles east-northeast of Cana: so travellers literally went down to Capernaum. John 2:15 - Jesus Cleanses the Temple - Bible Hub For He is like a refiners fire And like launderers soap. 6:16; Col. 2:9; Heb. 56:7; Jer. 22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split. 2 But who can endure the day of His coming? The religious system had become one in which the leaders used the Law to extort and exploit the poor people traveling to the festivals. To overturn, overthrow. Morris then cites G.J. The issue is not what has been done, but who has done it. As for the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of Media and Persia. The temple was to be a house of prayer for all nations (Mark 11:17). Jesus Cleanses the Temple 12 And Jesus entered the temple[ a] 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. While some of these are quotations, others are allusions, references more or less indirect. An ox, cow, bull. You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. He has the right to drive men and animals out of the temple courts.
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