New Testament
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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Then Philip found Nathaniel and said to him, "We have found
Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote,
Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph," and Nathaniel said
to him "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip
said to him, "Come and see." When Jesus saw Nathaniel
approaching He said, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in who...
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Jesus journeyed with a group of people including His
disciples and His mother, and they arrived at the Sea of
Galilee at Capernaum. Jesus stayed there for a short period
of time because the Feast of the Passover was about to
begin in Jerusalem and Jesus intended to be there....
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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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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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This is a very powerful portion of Scripture, especially
after studying the messianic prophecies in the Old
Testament. Jesus desired to go to Galilee in the North,
instead of Jerusalem, the holy city, where the Temple was
and all the most holy Jews....
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Two days later the disciples and Jesus heard that Mary, the
mother of Jesus was attending a wedding in Cana and they
were also invited so they came. It must have been a fun
journey for the disciples and Jesus through the hills of
Galilee since there was no main road from the sea of
Galilee across to Cana. When they arrived Mary came to
Jesus ...
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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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The next day they came to Galilee and Jesus found a man
named Philip and said to him, "follow Me" and Philip
followed Him. Philip was from Bethsaida, which was the home
of Andrew and Peter....
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