MATTHEW 21:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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,”
And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. The temple cleansing is the messianic action that the triumphal entry anticipated: the king who enters the city enters the temple and exercises his authority over it. The driving out of the money-changers and dove-sellers is not anti-commerce in principle but the prophetic judgment on the commercial enterprise that had displaced the temple's prayer function.
Church Fathers on Matthew 21:12
When Jesus entered with the multitudes, the whole city of Jerusalem was moved, wondering at the crowds, and not knowing the power.
With good reason were they moved at sight of a thing so to be wondered at. Man was praised as God, but it was the God that was praised in the man. But, I suppose, that neither they who praised knew what they praised, but the Spirit that suddenly inspired there poured forth the words of truth.
Moreover, when Jesus entered the true Jerusalem, they cried out, wondering at His heavenly virtues, and said, 'Who is this King of glory?' [Ps 24:8]
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