Matthew 21:12-15, Matthew 21:18-21

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 21:12

the temple. Greek. hieron, the temple courts. Not the naos. See note on Matthew 23:16 . the moneychangers. The half-shekel had to be paid on the 15th of the month Adar, by every Israelite (even the poorest). In every city collectors sat to receive it. On the 25th day (18 or 19 days before the Passover) they began to sit in the temple; and then they distrained if not paid. Change was given at a profit for the moneychangers. (So Maimonides, quoted by Lightfoot, vol. iii, p. 45, Pitman's edn.)... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 21:13

It is written = It standeth written. My house, &c. A composite quotation from Isaiah 56:7 , and Jeremiah 7:11 . See App-107 and App-117 . thieves = robbers. Same word as in Matthew 27:38 , Matthew 27:44 . 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 21:12

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold the doves.THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE (MATT. 21:12-17)The high priest Annas, as a young man, had put a person to death contrary to Roman law, and had been removed from office; but he was still recognized by the orthodox as the true high priest. Four or five of Annas' sons and sons-in-law successively held the title and... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 21:13

And he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.Christ here quoted Isaiah 56:7 and Jeremiah 7:11. This was the second time that he cleansed the temple, John's record of the other occasion (John 2:13) standing as supplementary to this one mentioned by the synoptics. This type of activity by Christ was fully in harmony with what was expected of the Messiah from Malachi 3:1-3. Comparison of the two cleansings shows an interval of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 21:14

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 that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were moved with indignation.The miracles wrought by Jesus on that occasion were powerful witnesses of his authority and power, and were more than sufficient to convince all right-minded persons of the truth and divinity of his holy mission. That many... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 21:12

Matthew 21:12. And Jesus went into the temple— See the notes on John 2:14; John 2:25. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 21:13

Matthew 21:13. But ye have made it a den of thieves— The Jews, reckoning the lower and outer court of the temple as a place of no sanctity, because it was designed for accommodatingthe Gentile proselytes in their worship, not only kept the daily market there, of such things as were necessary in offering sacrifices, but suffered the common porters, in going from one part of the city to another, to pass through it with their burdens, for the sake of shortening their way: but as these abuses... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 21:14-16

Matthew 21:14-16. And the blind and the lame came to him, &c.— The opinion that Jesus was the Messiah now prevailed generally; for, while he was in the temple, the blind and the lame, and other diseased persons, were brought to him from all quarters, to be healed. Many such, no doubt, would be waiting in the several avenues of the temple to ask alms, at a time when there was so vast a concourse of people; and there seems a peculiar propriety in our Lord's multiplying these astonishing... read more

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