MATTHEW 21:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.”
He said to them: it is written, my house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers. The dual citation: Isaiah 56:7 (my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples) and Jeremiah 7:11 (has this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers?). The house of prayer for all peoples is the temple's purpose; the den of robbers is what the commercial system has reduced it to. Jeremiah's den of robbers was in the context of his temple sermon condemning the people who trusted in the temple while violating the covenant — the same dynamic Jesus addresses.
Church Fathers on Matthew 21:13
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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