Matthew 21:12-14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 21:12-17

When Christ came into Jerusalem, he did not go up to the court or the palace, though he came in as a King, but into the temple; for his kingdom is spiritual, and not of this world; it is in holy things that he rules, in the temple of God that he exercises authority. Now, what did he do there? I. Thence he drove the buyers and sellers. Abuses must first be purged out, and the plants not of God's planting be plucked up, before that which is right can be established. The great Redeemer appear as... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 21:12-14

21:12-14 And Jesus entered into the precincts of the Temple of God, and cast out all who were selling and buying in the Temple precincts, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and of those who were selling doves. "It is written," he said to them, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it 'a robbers' cave.'" And the blind and the lame came to him in the Temple and he healed them. If the entry into Jerusalem had been defiance, here is defiance added to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 21:12-14

There is hardly anywhere in the gospel story where we need to make a more deliberate and more conscious effort to be fair than in this passage. It is easy to use it as a basis for a complete condemnation of the whole Temple worship. There are two things to be said. There were many traders and hucksters in the Temple Court, but there were also many whose hearts were set on God. As Aristotle said long ago, a man and an institution must be judged at their best, and not at their worst. The... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:12

And Jesus went into the temple of God ,.... At Jerusalem, which was built by his order, and dedicated to his worship, and where the Shechaniah, or the divine presence was. Christ went not to the tower of David, the strong hold of Zion, the palace of his father David; for he entered not as a temporal king; but he went to the house of his heavenly Father, as the lord and proprietor of it, to preach in it, and purge it; whereby the glory of the latter house became greater than that of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:13

And said unto them, it is written ,.... In Isaiah 56:7 . My house shall be called the house of prayer . These are the, words of God, calling the temple his house, which was built according to the plan he gave; and was the place of his worship, and where he dwelt, and vouchsafed his presence to his people; and signifying, that in time to come, it should be an house of prayer; not for the Jews only, but for the Gentiles also: "for all people", as it is expressed by the prophet, and cited... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:14

And the blind and the lame came to him ,.... The Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "they brought unto him the blind and the lame". The blind could not come to him unless they were led, nor the lame, unless they were carried: the sense therefore is, they came, being brought to him: in the temple ; that part of it, the court of the Gentiles, and mountain of the house, out of which he had cast the buyers and sellers, &c.; and in the room of them, were brought in these objects of his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:12

Jesus went into the temple of God, etc. - " Avarice," says one, "covered with the veil of religion, is one of those things on which Christ looks with the greatest indignation in his Church. Merchandize of holy things, simoniacal presentations, fraudulent exchanges, a mercenary spirit in sacred functions; ecclesiastical employments obtained by flattery, service, or attendance, or by any thing which is instead of money; collations, nominations, and elections made through any other motive than... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:13

My house shall be called the house of prayer - This is taken from Isaiah 56:7 . But ye have made it a den of thieves - This is taken from Jeremiah 7:11 . Our Lord alludes here to those dens and caves in Judea, in which the public robbers either hid or kept themselves fortified. They who are placed in the Church of Christ to serve souls, and do it not, and they who enjoy the revenues of the Church, and neglect the service of it, are thieves and robbers in more senses than one. ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:14

The blind and the lame came - Having condemned the profane use of the temple, he now shows the proper use of it. It is a house of prayer, where God is to manifest his goodness and power in giving sight to the spiritually blind, and feet to the lame. The Church or chapel in which the blind and the lame are not healed has no Christ in it, and is not worthy of attendance. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:12

Verse 12 12.And Jesus entered into the temple. Though Christ frequently ascended into the temple, and though this abuse continually met his eye, twice only did he stretch out his hand to correct it; once, at the commencement of his embassy, (13) and now again, when he was near the end of his course. But though disgraceful and ungodly confusion reigned throughout, and though the temple, with its sacrifices, was devoted to destruction, Christ reckoned it enough to administer twice an open reproof... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 21:12-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 21:12-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 21:12-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:12

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