Jesus cleansing the Temple
After Jesus’s Triumphal Entry and the Fruitless Fig Tree He cleansed the Temple. Mark Chapter11.
Jesus’s Triumphal Entry. Mark 11:1-10.
Jesus and the Fig Tree. Mark 11:11-14,20-26.
Jesus cleansing the Temple. Mark 11:15-19, 27-33.
Jesus cleansing the Temple. Mark 11:15-19. Luke 19:45-48 & John 2:14-16.
“He cast out them that sold and bought in the Temple”-the merchants were not to be there.
“He overthrew the tables of the money-changers.” They converting Roman & Greek currecy to Jewish currency to pay Temple tax.
“He overthrew the seats of them that sold doves.” Doves were a poor person’s animal sacrifice.
“He would not suffer that any man should carry any vessels through the Temple.”
He taught, saying “Is it not written, My House shall be called of all nations the House of Prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.”
The reaction of Scribes and Chief Priests. Mark 11:18.
When they heard what Jesus said “They sought how they might destroy Him.”
“They feared Him because all the people were astonished at His doctrine.”
Then Jesus departed from the City. Mark 11:19. He would later return to Jerusalem, have the Lord’s Supper, and then go to Gethsemane to pray to the Father before his arrest, trials, and Crucifixion.
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