Verse 45
And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold, saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.
THE SECOND CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE
This was the second cleansing of the temple, the first having taken place quite early in his ministry; and there are significant differences. Here there is no order to "cease and desist," as in the first. It was too late; the day of grace was past. Also, the finality of "ye have made it a den of robbers" was not in the first.
This cleansing of the temple, as was also the first, was a symbolical declaration of his Messiahship, and Kingship, on the part of Jesus. It was a fulfillment of Psalms 69:9 and Malachi 3:1-3. The zeal for the Lord's house which was prophesied was here manifested by Jesus, and the holy Messenger of the covenant suddenly came to his temple. Further discussion will be found in this series of commentaries under Matthew 21:12 and Mark 11:15, where are recorded parallel accounts of this second coming.
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