matthew-21:12-13,-isaiah-56:6-7

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 21:1-46

Matthew 21:1 . When they were come to Bethphage. The rabbins dispute about the etymon of this village, whether it mean the “house of the fountain,” as is the literal import; or the “house of grossities,” or of flatterers. It was distant from Jerusalem a sabbath-day’s journey, that is one thousand nine hundred paces, and situate at the foot of mount Olivet. Mark and Luke join the two villages of Bethphage and Bethany together, for the road lay in the valley between the towns. Here the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 21:12-14

Matthew 21:12-14And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold.The purification of the templeI. This act shows the mind of Jesus concerning the reverence which is due to the house of God. He regarded it not so much as the temple of the Jews as the temple of God; He revered it more than they did. Their reverence was formal, pompous, selfish; His was spiritual, looking with solemn eyes on the meaning of its name, and the holiness of its purpose. It was sacred to the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 21:12

12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, Ver. 12. And cast out all them that sold ] The zeal of God’s house did ever eat him up. And (as revenge follows zeal, 2Co 7:11 ) he mars their markets, and drives them out of the temple with Procul o procul este profani. a And this deed of our Saviour’s was altogether divine; while as another Samson, he lays... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 21:13

13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. Ver. 13. Shall be called the house of prayer ] A principal piece of God’s public worship, and here put for the whole. Christ himself never came into this house but he preached as well as prayed. In the sanctuary was the incense altar in the middle, a type of prayer; the table of shewbread on the one side, betokening the twelve tribes, and the candlestick, a type of the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 21:12

went: Malachi 3:1, Malachi 3:2, Mark 11:11 and cast: Mark 11:15, Luke 19:45, Luke 19:46, John 2:14-Esther : moneychangers: Deuteronomy 14:24-Ezekiel : doves: Leviticus 1:14, Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 5:11, Leviticus 12:6, Leviticus 12:8, Leviticus 14:22, Leviticus 14:30, Leviticus 15:14, Leviticus 15:29, Luke 2:24 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 14:26 - bestow 2 Chronicles 29:5 - sanctify the house 2 Chronicles 29:16 - all the uncleanness Ezra 7:17 - buy speedily Nehemiah 13:7 - in preparing... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 21:13

It is: Matthew 2:5, John 15:25 My: Psalms 93:5, Isaiah 56:7 ye: Jeremiah 7:11, Mark 11:17, Luke 19:46 Reciprocal: Exodus 20:15 - General Leviticus 19:30 - reverence 2 Chronicles 29:5 - sanctify the house 2 Chronicles 29:16 - all the uncleanness Ezra 7:17 - buy speedily Nehemiah 13:7 - in preparing Psalms 119:139 - because Isaiah 1:23 - companions Jeremiah 23:11 - in Ezekiel 22:27 - to get Zechariah 11:5 - sell Zechariah 14:21 - no more Luke 19:45 - went John 2:16 - make John 10:10 - thief... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 21:12

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,He cast out all that sold and bought — Doves and oxen for sacrifice. He had cast them out three years before, John 2:14; bidding them not make that house a house of merchandise. Upon the repetition of the offence, he used sharper words.In the temple — That is, in the outer court of it, where the Gentiles used to... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 21:13

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.A den of thieves — A proverbial expression, for a harbour of wicked men. Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 21:1-17

§§ 111, 112. TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM THE BARREN FIG TREE THE TEMPLE CLEANSED, 1-17. Our Lord had now spent nearly three years in his holy ministry, furnishing to the people the proofs of his Messiahship; he now proceeds by a public demonstration to make proclamation of his claim to the title. He makes entrance into David’s royal city as the Prince of peace, David’s son, and heir to all the fulfilments of prophecy in regard to the Messiah. Even at the present day there are some who, like... read more