Jesus Cleanses The Temple
The Passover festivities were about to begin in Jerusalem,
and Jesus left Capernaum and journeyed up to the holy city.
Multitudes of pilgrims would`ve been on the roads, some in
caravans and some in small groups and families. It was a
great time of joy and festivity, people would sing praises
to the Lord and prepare themselves for the Passover...
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When Jesus entered the Temple in Jerusalem he was very
aware of what was going on around him. The Temple was quite
an achievement of Herod the great to impress the Jews with
a grand renovation of the Second Temple, and to impress the
Romans with the finest architecture in the western portion
of the Roman world. But Jesus was not impressed with...
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When Jesus entered the Temple He stood at the a large outer
court of the Gentiles, and observed the men who had set up
a marketplace in order to make lots of money from the
pilgrims entering the Temple for Passover. The joyful songs
and the festivities had been interrupted and the entrance
to the Temple had turned into a place of squabbling ov...
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Jesus noticed that men were selling sacrificial animals
that were fit for sacrifice. Their business was very
sophisticated, and the Pilgrim to Jerusalem would usually
end up having to buy one of their sacrifices for a very
high price, rather than trusting that their own sacrifice
was clean enough for the priest to offer upon the altar....
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The business of the money changers was also very
sophisticated. They would sit at little tables and exchange
the money which the pilgrim brought to pay for the
sacrifices. The common currency was in Roman coins, and in
the Temple the coins were required to be changed for clean
Jewish Temple currency. There was actually a fee to
exchange this ...
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"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." - John 2:15...
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The rich and powerful leaders of the Temple, the priests
and Levites, the scribes, the Pharisees, the Sadducees, it
does not say exactly which ones but they came rushing out
and said to Jesus:
"What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?" -
John 2:18...
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Jesus said to them, "destroy this Temple, and in three days
I will raise it up". The Jewish leaders were very confused
about His statement and said to Him, "It has taken forty-
six years to build this Temple, and you will raise it up in
three days?" They had no idea that he was referring to the
Temple of His body, which they would eventually ha...
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The ancient Hebrew prophet Malachi was the last of the
prophets of Israel recorded in the Old Testament. The
prophet spoke about a messenger who would prepare the way
before the Lord Himself, and then the Lord whom they were
seeking so diligently would suddenly come to his temple.
God had truly set up the stage for the nation of Israel,
yet t...
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Jesus did many miracles while He was at the Temple and many
believed in His name, yet Jesus was very aware that to
follow Him meant much more than just a belief in His
miracles....
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