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saying to them, "It is written, `My house is a house of prayer,` but you have made it a `den of robbers`!"
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Jesus' Scriptural Authority
Commentators point out that Jesus was not creating a new rule but was combining two Old Testament prophecies. His phrase 'My house shall be a house of prayer' comes from Isaiah 56:7, and 'you have made it a den of robbers' is a reference to Jeremiah 7:11. This demonstrates that His authority and actions were deeply rooted in Scripture.
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19th Century
Anglican
And he went into the temple.—See Notes on Matthew 21:12-17; Mark 11:15–19. St. Luke apparently agrees with St.…
Baptist
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, a…
Jesus is now in the temple area, where he drives out those buying and selling (Mark 11:15–17 for more vivid accounts). Luke mentions th…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Saying unto them, it is written In (Isaiah 56:7)
my house is the house of prayer…
Presbyterian
Who can behold the holy Jesus, looking forward to the miseries that awaited his murderers, weeping over the city where his precious blood was about…
