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Healing as Authority
Commentators explain that by healing the blind and lame in the temple, Jesus performed a radical act. Jewish rules often excluded such individuals from full worship. By welcoming and healing them, Jesus demonstrated that He is greater than the temple itself, and these miracles served as divine proof of His Messianic authority to cleanse it.
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Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 21:14
19th Century
Preacher
The coming into the temple of blind beggars and lame beggars was no defilement to the holy place. The blind and the lame came to Him. To whom else …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 21:14
This last mention of Jesus’ healing ministry takes place probably within the temple precincts in the Court of the Gentiles. It was not uncommon for…
John Calvin
On Matthew 21:14
16th Century
Theologian
And the blind and lame came to him. So that the authority Christ had unconventionally claimed for himself might not be suspected of rashne…
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John Gill
On Matthew 21:14
17th Century
Pastor
And the blind and the lame came to him
The Syriac and Ethiopic versions read, "they brought unto him the blind and t…
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 21:12–17
17th Century
Minister
Christ found some of the courts of the temple turned into a market for cattle and things used in the sacrifices, and partly occupied by the money-c…
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 21:1–22
13th Century
Philosopher
Here, it was stated that Matthew’s Gospel is divided into three parts:
- In the first part, he relates Christ’s entrance into the world …