matthew-21:13-15-niv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 21:12-17

When Christ came into Jerusalem, he did not go up to the court or the palace, though he came in as a King, but into the temple; for his kingdom is spiritual, and not of this world; it is in holy things that he rules, in the temple of God that he exercises authority. Now, what did he do there? I. Thence he drove the buyers and sellers. Abuses must first be purged out, and the plants not of God's planting be plucked up, before that which is right can be established. The great Redeemer appear as... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 21:12-14

21:12-14 And Jesus entered into the precincts of the Temple of God, and cast out all who were selling and buying in the Temple precincts, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and of those who were selling doves. "It is written," he said to them, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it 'a robbers' cave.'" And the blind and the lame came to him in the Temple and he healed them. If the entry into Jerusalem had been defiance, here is defiance added to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 21:12-14

There is hardly anywhere in the gospel story where we need to make a more deliberate and more conscious effort to be fair than in this passage. It is easy to use it as a basis for a complete condemnation of the whole Temple worship. There are two things to be said. There were many traders and hucksters in the Temple Court, but there were also many whose hearts were set on God. As Aristotle said long ago, a man and an institution must be judged at their best, and not at their worst. The... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 21:15-17

21:15-17 When the chief priests and Scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children shouting in the Temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were angry. "Do you hear what these are saying?" they said. Jesus said to them, "Yes! Have you never read: 'Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings you have the perfect praise'?" And he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there. Some scholars have found difficulty with this passage. It is said that it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:13

And said unto them, it is written ,.... In Isaiah 56:7 . My house shall be called the house of prayer . These are the, words of God, calling the temple his house, which was built according to the plan he gave; and was the place of his worship, and where he dwelt, and vouchsafed his presence to his people; and signifying, that in time to come, it should be an house of prayer; not for the Jews only, but for the Gentiles also: "for all people", as it is expressed by the prophet, and cited... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:14

And the blind and the lame came to him ,.... The Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "they brought unto him the blind and the lame". The blind could not come to him unless they were led, nor the lame, unless they were carried: the sense therefore is, they came, being brought to him: in the temple ; that part of it, the court of the Gentiles, and mountain of the house, out of which he had cast the buyers and sellers, &c.; and in the room of them, were brought in these objects of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:15

And when the chief priests and Scribes ,.... The inveterate enemies of Christ; who upon hearing the shouts of the people at Christ's entrance into the city, and passage through it to the temple; and understanding that it was Jesus of Nazareth that was come thither, they came also to awe the people, and pick up what they could against him: who, when they saw the wonderful things that he did ; as the overturning the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those that sold doves,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:13

My house shall be called the house of prayer - This is taken from Isaiah 56:7 . But ye have made it a den of thieves - This is taken from Jeremiah 7:11 . Our Lord alludes here to those dens and caves in Judea, in which the public robbers either hid or kept themselves fortified. They who are placed in the Church of Christ to serve souls, and do it not, and they who enjoy the revenues of the Church, and neglect the service of it, are thieves and robbers in more senses than one. ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:14

The blind and the lame came - Having condemned the profane use of the temple, he now shows the proper use of it. It is a house of prayer, where God is to manifest his goodness and power in giving sight to the spiritually blind, and feet to the lame. The Church or chapel in which the blind and the lame are not healed has no Christ in it, and is not worthy of attendance. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:15

The chief priests - were sore displeased - Or, were incensed. Incensed at what! At the purification of the profaned temple! This was a work they should have done themselves, but for which they had neither grace nor influence; and their pride and jealousy will not suffer them to permit others to do it. Strange as it may appear, the priesthood itself, in all corrupt times, has been ever the most forward to prevent a reform in the Church. Was it because they were conscious that a reformer would... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 21:12-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 21:12-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 21:12-14

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 21:15-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 21:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:15

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