The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:12-17
The second cleansing of the temple . ( Mark 11:15-19 ; Luke 19:45-48 .) read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:12-17
The Lord of the temple. "The temple of God" ( Matthew 21:12 ) Jesus calls "my house" ( Matthew 21:13 ), asserting himself to be the Divine Lord of the temple. And quoting as he does from Isaiah 56:7 and Jeremiah 7:11 , he identifies himself as "Jehovah." Acting in this quality, he surveyed the characters he found in the temple and dealt with them accordingly. But the temple stands forth as a type of Christ's Church (cf. 1 Corinthians 3:16 ; 2 Corinthians 6:16 ; Ephesians 2:21 ,... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:15
The chief priests. This term is generally applied to the high priest's deputies and the heads of the twenty-four courses, but it seems here to mean certain sacerdotal members of the Sanhedrin, to whom supreme authority was delegated by the Romans or Herodians (see Josephus, 'Ant.,' 20.10, 5). They formed a wealthy, aristocratical body, and were many of them Sadducees. They joined with the scribes in expressing their outraged feeling, whether simulated or real. The wonderful things ( τασια... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:16
Hearest thou what these say? They profess a great zeal for God's honour. They recognize that these cries implied high homage, if not actual worship, and appeal to Jesus to put a stop to such unseemly behaviour, approaching, as they would pretend, to formal blasphemy. Yea . Jesus replies that he hears what the children say, but sees no reason for silencing them; rather he proves that they were only fulfilling an old prophecy, originally, indeed, applied to Jehovah, but one which he claims... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:16
The ministry of the children. Children are always delighted with a little public excitement , and readily catch up the common enthusiasm; but we do not look to children for calm and intelligent judgments on great issues. To our Lord children always represented simple, guileless, unprejudiced souls, who put up no barriers against his teachings, or against the gracious influences which he strove to exert. These children would be lads from twelve years old upward. They caught up the words of... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 21:12-22
This paragraph contains the account of the barren fig-tree, and of the cleansing of the temple. See also Mark 11:12-19; Luke 19:45-48.Matthew 21:12And Jesus went into the temple of God ... - From Mark 11:11-15, it is probable that this cleansing of the temple did not take place on the day that he entered Jerusalem in triumph, but on the day following.He came and looked round upon all things, Mark says, and went out to Bethany with the twelve. On the day following, returning from Bethany, he saw... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 21:15-17
Matthew 21:15-17. When the chief priests, &c., saw the wonderful things he did The undeniable and astonishing miracles which he performed, and the children crying in the temple, and continuing the song which the multitude had begun, Hosanna to the son of David, they were sore displeased Inwardly vexed and filled with indignation. The works that Christ did recommended themselves to every man’s conscience: if they had any sense, they could not but own the miracle of them; and if any... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:12-17
120. Jesus cleanses the temple (Matthew 21:12-17; Mark 11:15-19; Luke 19:45-48)At the beginning of his public ministry Jesus had cleansed the temple (see John 2:13-25), but old practices had returned. Now that he had come to his messianic city he cleansed it again. By his action he showed God’s judgment on those who had forgotten the real purpose of religious exercises and used them chiefly to make money (Matthew 21:12-13).God was more pleased with Jesus’ action in healing the blind and the... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 21:15
wonderful things = the wonders. Occurs only here. These were the Lord's final miracles, wrought at this crisis, and must have been very special in character. did = wrought. children. Greek. pais. See App-108 . the Son of David. The eighth of nine occurances in Matthew. See note on Matthew 1:1 . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:12-16
The temple. I. THE LORD 'S ACTIONS THERE . 1 . His entrance. Jesus went into the temple of God. It was a fulfilment of the great prophecy of Malachi, "The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple." He came, but, alas! they delighted not in him. He came to "purify the sons of Levi, that they might offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." But, alas! they would not be purified. The Lord might cleanse the temple; the priests who ministered there would not... read more