"Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there.
He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
And He declared to them, "It is written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer.'
But you are making it 'a den of robbers'."
(Matthew 21: 12-13)
The Cleansing Of The Temple
(1874)
Carl Heinrich Bloch
(1834-1890)
Danish artist
"Christ found some of the courts of the temple turned into a market for cattle
and things used in the sacrifices, and partly occupied by the money-changers.
Our Lord drove them from the place, as He had done at
His entering upon His ministry. (John 2:13-17.)
and things used in the sacrifices, and partly occupied by the money-changers.
Our Lord drove them from the place, as He had done at
His entering upon His ministry. (John 2:13-17.)
His works testified of Him more than the hosannas; and His healing in the temple
was the fulfilling of the promise, that the glory of the latter house should
be greater than the glory of the former.
was the fulfilling of the promise, that the glory of the latter house should
be greater than the glory of the former.
"I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house
will be called a house of prayer for all the nations."
(Isaiah 56:7)
Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house
will be called a house of prayer for all the nations."
(Isaiah 56:7)
If Christ came now into many parts of His visible church, how many secret
evils He would discover and cleanse! And how many things daily practiced
evils He would discover and cleanse! And how many things daily practiced
under the cloak of religion, would He show to be more suitable to a den
of thieves than to a house of prayer!"
-Matthew Henry's Commentary
of thieves than to a house of prayer!"
-Matthew Henry's Commentary
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