13 Now the Passover
of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And He found in
the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers
doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all
out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’
money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a
house of merchandise!” 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal
for Your house has eaten Me up.” 18 So the Jews
answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these
things?”
19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to
build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was
speaking of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His
disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the
Scripture and the word which Jesus had said. 23 Now when He was in
Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when
they saw the signs which He did. 24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He
knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for
He knew what was in man.
Commentary
Vs. 13 “Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”
From Capernaum then Jesus (along with His disciples) now goes to Jerusalem, for the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Now the Passover was to recall and celebrate the Jews miraculous deliverance from Egyptian bondage when God delivered them all from Egyptian slavery, before He brought retribution down on the Egyptians, before leading all His people out. Now the key in all of this was the Sacrificial blood of a Lamb that was to be shed at twilight, whose blood than provided an atonement for Israel so that God would pass them over when He executed His wrath on the Egyptians. Thus, the Passover became a foretelling of how God would deliver us all who believe in Him from sin and Satan’s bondage through the Shed Blood of His own Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is God’s Sacrificial Lamb for the sin of the world! Whose Blood not only atones for all our sins, but also allows God to Passover us in His judgment when He judges the unrepentant and unbelieving world. And so, Jesus being a devout Jew went down to Jerusalem to keep the Passover as God commanded and required of His people, until He Himself would become the fulfillment of it.
Vs. 14 “And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business.”
Now when Jesus entered the temple, He saw the most horrible of sights, for what was to be a house of prayer for all nations, where all people could come and seek the mercies of the Lord (see 1 Kings 8:22-53; Isaiah 56:6-8, vs. 7), instead had become a place where business people and opportunists alike of every sort had set up “shop”, selling those things that were required for the ritual sacrifices on its most sacred grounds! Indeed, there were even money changers there who were exchanging foreign currencies for Temple approved coins and currencies! Now this they did with the cooperation, approval, and oversight of the high priest and those Jewish elders and leaders there who had the charge of the oversight of the Temple. Now there were markets in Jerusalem itself which could have legitimately provided all those things and services that were necessary, but when they decided to turn the house of God into a market place, they corrupted it, and undermined its very purpose which is not to be place where one makes profit for oneself (or anyone else), but where one comes to seek the Lord! Mixing the faith of the Lord with consumerism then is never justifiable, for spiritual Babylon and its “king” are always found there (see Rev. 18, also Matt. 6:24).
Vs. 15-16 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”
The Lord Jesus Christ then upon seeing what the Temple had become, has but one response, and that is to make a whip of cords and drive them all out of His Fathers along with the livestock that they were selling. Then He went and poured out the money changers defiled money and overturned their tables. Having done so He then said to those who sold doves (which was the offering of the poor who could not offered the others), “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” Do you then see and hear dear and beloved brethren what our Lord and Savior is saying? Because our faith in Him and assemblies born out of Him are to bear witnesses to Grace and Majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ and not be places where one’s own faith in God is peddled and sold to those who are coming to seek the Lord! Because when we allow such things to take place and flourish, soon everyone is given over to covetousness, and everyone is given over to greed (see Jer. 6:13).
Vs. 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”
Now when Jesus had done this, the disciples remembered the Scripture that states, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.” (see Psalm 69:9), thus Jesus by doing so fulfilled the Word of the Lord and again manifested Himself to them.
Vs. 18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”
It seems that the Jews there also understood what Jesus was doing was in accord with the Scripture, and so they now ask Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?” In other words, they wanted Jesus to prove to them that He was the Messiah by now showing them a sign.
Vs. 19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Jesus then will show them a sign, and not only them, but the whole world, and so He says to them all, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Vs. 20-21 20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
The Jews though are confused by Jesus’ response, (for they do not discern that He was speaking of His own body, which they would go on to crucify to death) and so they say to Him, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” Thus, in foretelling that they would kill Him, Jesus also confidently assured them that He would rise from the dead the third day, and this would be His sign to them, and to all, that He is the Messiah come from God!
Vs. 23-25 23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. 24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.
Now during this Passover week at Jerusalem many there believed in His Name when they saw the signs which He did (vs. 23). Now believed here showed not be understood as come to receive Him for themselves as the Son of God, rather they “believed” in Jesus’ Name because they saw Him do signs amongst them, like when He turned the water to wine at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. Thus, their belief in Him was not in Him as their Lord and Savior, as when one believes in Him because they believe He alone can save them, but only in His doing some signs amongst them. Therefore, Jesus did not commit Himself to them, (that is entrust Himself to them) because He knew that their belief in Him was only superficial, for they were only moved by His signs, not by His Word! And so, if He should cease to make signs amongst them, so would their faith cease! For the Lord Jesus Christ knew what was in man, and He did not need that anyone should testify of Him (vs. 24-25). If He did then He could’ve very simply shown everyone everywhere signs and wonders and miraculous healings as they requested them, but then He would have only had the testimony of man, that is mans fickle faith which neither believes nor acknowledges that He is the Son of Man/Son of God come to bear all our sins and transgressions on the Cross. For it would be these same people who would just three years later demand Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion and then mock Him when He was dying on their Cross!
Commentary
Vs. 13 “Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”
From Capernaum then Jesus (along with His disciples) now goes to Jerusalem, for the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Now the Passover was to recall and celebrate the Jews miraculous deliverance from Egyptian bondage when God delivered them all from Egyptian slavery, before He brought retribution down on the Egyptians, before leading all His people out. Now the key in all of this was the Sacrificial blood of a Lamb that was to be shed at twilight, whose blood than provided an atonement for Israel so that God would pass them over when He executed His wrath on the Egyptians. Thus, the Passover became a foretelling of how God would deliver us all who believe in Him from sin and Satan’s bondage through the Shed Blood of His own Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is God’s Sacrificial Lamb for the sin of the world! Whose Blood not only atones for all our sins, but also allows God to Passover us in His judgment when He judges the unrepentant and unbelieving world. And so, Jesus being a devout Jew went down to Jerusalem to keep the Passover as God commanded and required of His people, until He Himself would become the fulfillment of it.
Vs. 14 “And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business.”
Now when Jesus entered the temple, He saw the most horrible of sights, for what was to be a house of prayer for all nations, where all people could come and seek the mercies of the Lord (see 1 Kings 8:22-53; Isaiah 56:6-8, vs. 7), instead had become a place where business people and opportunists alike of every sort had set up “shop”, selling those things that were required for the ritual sacrifices on its most sacred grounds! Indeed, there were even money changers there who were exchanging foreign currencies for Temple approved coins and currencies! Now this they did with the cooperation, approval, and oversight of the high priest and those Jewish elders and leaders there who had the charge of the oversight of the Temple. Now there were markets in Jerusalem itself which could have legitimately provided all those things and services that were necessary, but when they decided to turn the house of God into a market place, they corrupted it, and undermined its very purpose which is not to be place where one makes profit for oneself (or anyone else), but where one comes to seek the Lord! Mixing the faith of the Lord with consumerism then is never justifiable, for spiritual Babylon and its “king” are always found there (see Rev. 18, also Matt. 6:24).
Vs. 15-16 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!”
The Lord Jesus Christ then upon seeing what the Temple had become, has but one response, and that is to make a whip of cords and drive them all out of His Fathers along with the livestock that they were selling. Then He went and poured out the money changers defiled money and overturned their tables. Having done so He then said to those who sold doves (which was the offering of the poor who could not offered the others), “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” Do you then see and hear dear and beloved brethren what our Lord and Savior is saying? Because our faith in Him and assemblies born out of Him are to bear witnesses to Grace and Majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ and not be places where one’s own faith in God is peddled and sold to those who are coming to seek the Lord! Because when we allow such things to take place and flourish, soon everyone is given over to covetousness, and everyone is given over to greed (see Jer. 6:13).
Vs. 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”
Now when Jesus had done this, the disciples remembered the Scripture that states, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.” (see Psalm 69:9), thus Jesus by doing so fulfilled the Word of the Lord and again manifested Himself to them.
Vs. 18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”
It seems that the Jews there also understood what Jesus was doing was in accord with the Scripture, and so they now ask Him, “What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?” In other words, they wanted Jesus to prove to them that He was the Messiah by now showing them a sign.
Vs. 19 Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Jesus then will show them a sign, and not only them, but the whole world, and so He says to them all, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Vs. 20-21 20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking of the temple of His body.
The Jews though are confused by Jesus’ response, (for they do not discern that He was speaking of His own body, which they would go on to crucify to death) and so they say to Him, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” Thus, in foretelling that they would kill Him, Jesus also confidently assured them that He would rise from the dead the third day, and this would be His sign to them, and to all, that He is the Messiah come from God!
Vs. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, His
disciples remembered that He had said this to them; and they believed the Scripture
and the word which Jesus had said.
Though the Jews did not understand His
Word, His disciples kept His Word in their hearts, and so when Jesus had risen
from the dead, they remembered that He had said this to them, and they believed the Scripture and the word which
Jesus had said. And that is how one patiently abides in God’s Word, by looking for
and waiting on its fulfillment! Vs. 23-25 23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the signs which He did. 24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.
Now during this Passover week at Jerusalem many there believed in His Name when they saw the signs which He did (vs. 23). Now believed here showed not be understood as come to receive Him for themselves as the Son of God, rather they “believed” in Jesus’ Name because they saw Him do signs amongst them, like when He turned the water to wine at the wedding in Cana of Galilee. Thus, their belief in Him was not in Him as their Lord and Savior, as when one believes in Him because they believe He alone can save them, but only in His doing some signs amongst them. Therefore, Jesus did not commit Himself to them, (that is entrust Himself to them) because He knew that their belief in Him was only superficial, for they were only moved by His signs, not by His Word! And so, if He should cease to make signs amongst them, so would their faith cease! For the Lord Jesus Christ knew what was in man, and He did not need that anyone should testify of Him (vs. 24-25). If He did then He could’ve very simply shown everyone everywhere signs and wonders and miraculous healings as they requested them, but then He would have only had the testimony of man, that is mans fickle faith which neither believes nor acknowledges that He is the Son of Man/Son of God come to bear all our sins and transgressions on the Cross. For it would be these same people who would just three years later demand Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion and then mock Him when He was dying on their Cross!
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