matthew-21:15,-matthew-21:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:15

The chief priests. This term is generally applied to the high priest's deputies and the heads of the twenty-four courses, but it seems here to mean certain sacerdotal members of the Sanhedrin, to whom supreme authority was delegated by the Romans or Herodians (see Josephus, 'Ant.,' 20.10, 5). They formed a wealthy, aristocratical body, and were many of them Sadducees. They joined with the scribes in expressing their outraged feeling, whether simulated or real. The wonderful things ( τασια... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 21:12-22

This paragraph contains the account of the barren fig-tree, and of the cleansing of the temple. See also Mark 11:12-19; Luke 19:45-48.Matthew 21:12And Jesus went into the temple of God ... - From Mark 11:11-15, it is probable that this cleansing of the temple did not take place on the day that he entered Jerusalem in triumph, but on the day following.He came and looked round upon all things, Mark says, and went out to Bethany with the twelve. On the day following, returning from Bethany, he saw... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 21:15-17

Matthew 21:15-17. When the chief priests, &c., saw the wonderful things he did The undeniable and astonishing miracles which he performed, and the children crying in the temple, and continuing the song which the multitude had begun, Hosanna to the son of David, they were sore displeased Inwardly vexed and filled with indignation. The works that Christ did recommended themselves to every man’s conscience: if they had any sense, they could not but own the miracle of them; and if any... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:12-17

120. Jesus cleanses the temple (Matthew 21:12-17; Mark 11:15-19; Luke 19:45-48)At the beginning of his public ministry Jesus had cleansed the temple (see John 2:13-25), but old practices had returned. Now that he had come to his messianic city he cleansed it again. By his action he showed God’s judgment on those who had forgotten the real purpose of religious exercises and used them chiefly to make money (Matthew 21:12-13).God was more pleased with Jesus’ action in healing the blind and the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 21:15

wonderful things = the wonders. Occurs only here. These were the Lord's final miracles, wrought at this crisis, and must have been very special in character. did = wrought. children. Greek. pais. See App-108 . the Son of David. The eighth of nine occurances in Matthew. See note on Matthew 1:1 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 21:14-16

Matthew 21:14-16. And the blind and the lame came to him, &c.— The opinion that Jesus was the Messiah now prevailed generally; for, while he was in the temple, the blind and the lame, and other diseased persons, were brought to him from all quarters, to be healed. Many such, no doubt, would be waiting in the several avenues of the temple to ask alms, at a time when there was so vast a concourse of people; and there seems a peculiar propriety in our Lord's multiplying these astonishing... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:1-17

B. Jesus’ presentation of Himself to Israel as her King 21:1-17Jesus came to Jerusalem to present Himself formally to the leaders of Israel as the nation’s Messiah. He did this when He entered Jerusalem as Isaiah and Zechariah predicted Messiah would appear."Jesus entered Jerusalem for the last time in a manner which showed that He was none other than the Messiah, the Son of David, who was coming to Sion to claim the city as His own." [Note: Tasker, p.197.] The events Matthew recorded in... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:12-17

3. Jesus’ entrance into the temple 21:12-17 (cf. Mark 11:11 b, Mark 11:15-18; Luke 19:45-48)Matthew stressed Jesus’ cleansing of the temple as the work of David’s Son (Matthew 21:9; Matthew 21:15). This activity had great messianic significance. [Note: See the diagrams of Jerusalem and Herod’s Temple at the end of these notes.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:15-16

The popular response to Jesus’ actions aggravated the chief priests and teachers of the law further. The wonderful things that Jesus was doing had messianic implications, and the people realized this.Jesus introduced the Psalms 8:2 quotation with a rebuke. Surely these experts in the Old Testament should have seen the messianic implications of what Jesus was doing and the words people were using as they responded to Him (cf. Matthew 12:3; Matthew 19:4; Matthew 21:42; Matthew 22:31). This psalm... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:1-46

The Triumphal Entry. Cleansing of the TempleChronology of the Last Week of Christ’s Life, commonly called Holy Week (chiefly after Hastings’ ’Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels’).Sabbath, Nisan 8. Arrival at Bethany (John 12:1). Supper in the evening (John 12:2-8; Matthew 26:6-13, where see notes).Palm Sunday, Nisan 9. Triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1). The children’s Hosannas, and healings in the Temple (Matthew 21:14-16). Return to Bethany (Matthew 21:17).Monday, Nisan 10.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 21:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 21:12-22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 21:15-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:12-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 21:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 21:14-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:1-17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:12-17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 21:15-16

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:1-46

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