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To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here! Don`t make my Father`s house a marketplace!"
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A Clear Claim to Sonship
By calling the temple "My Father's house," Jesus makes a clear and public claim to be the Son of God. Commentators note this echoes his words as a boy in the temple (Luke 2:49) and fulfills the prophecy of the Lord suddenly coming to His temple (Malachi 3:1). This act wasn't just a protest; it was the Son asserting His divine authority over His Father's domain.
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Take these things hence (Αρατε ταυτα εντευθεν). First aorist active imperative of αιρω. Probably the doves were in baskets or cage…
19th Century
Anglican
My Father’s house. Some among those present now (John 2:18) may have been present in that same house when He, a boy of…
Jesus’ action precipitated wild confusion. The animals would be bawling and running about aimlessly; the money changers would be scrambling for the…
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16th Century
Protestant
Make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. At the second time that he drove the traders out of the Temple, the Evangelists relate …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And said to them that sold doves For as these were kept in coups, or cages, they could not be drove, as the sheep an…
Presbyterian
The first public work in which we find Christ engaged was driving the traders from the temple, whom the covetous priests and rulers encouraged to m…
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13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Evangelist presented the sign Christ worked to confirm his disciples, which related to his power to change nature. Now, h…
