New American Standard Bible 2020
Matthew 21:12
121And Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the 2money changers and the seats of those who were selling 3doves.
Matthew 21:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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,
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
Context of Matthew 21:12
10When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?” 11And the crowds were saying, “This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.” And Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. 13And He said to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a den of robbers.” 14And those who were blind and those who limped came to Him in the temple area, and He healed them.
Read all of Matthew 21Matthew 21:12 word by word
Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ἐξέβαλεν πάντας τοὺς πωλοῦντας καὶ ἀγοράζοντας ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, καὶ τὰς τραπέζας τῶν κολλυβιστῶν κατέστρεψεν καὶ τὰς καθέδρας τῶν πωλούντων τὰς περιστεράς.Read the interlinear
- And JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- enteredεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
- the templeἱερόςhieros · sacredG2413
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- thoseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- who were sellingπωλέωpōleō · to sellG4453
- and buyingἀγοράζωagorazō · to buyG59
- and He overturnedκαταστρέφωkatastrephō · to overturnG2690
- the tablesτράπεζαtrapeza · tableG5132
- moneyκολλυβιστήςkollubistēs · moneychangerG2855
- and the seatsκαθέδραkathedra · seatG2515
- dovesπεριστεράperistera · doveG4058
Cross-references for Matthew 21:12
- Malachi 3:1“Behold, I am sending My messenger, and he will clear a way before Me. And the Lord, whom you are seeking, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of armies.
- Mark 11:11And Jesus entered Jerusalem and came into the temple area; and after looking around at everything, He left for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late.
- Mark 11:15Then they came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves;
- Luke 19:45And Jesus entered the temple grounds and began to drive out those who were selling,
- John 2:14And within the temple grounds He found those who were selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.
- Deuteronomy 14:24But if the distance is so great for you that you are not able to bring the tithe, since the place where the Lord your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you when the Lord your God blesses you,
- Leviticus 1:14‘But if his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the turtledoves or from young doves.
- Leviticus 5:7‘But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord his guilt offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young doves, one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 12:6‘When the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one-year-old lamb as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering.
- Leviticus 14:22and two turtledoves or two young doves, which are within his means. The one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 15:14Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young doves, and come before the Lord to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest;
- Luke 2:24and to offer a sacrifice according to what has been stated in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young doves.”
Commentaries on Matthew 21:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Jesus went into the temple of God, etc. - "Avarice," says one, "covered with the veil of religion, is one of those things on which Christ looks with the greatest indignation in his Church. Merchandize of holy things, simoniacal presentations, fraudulent exchanges, a mercenary spirit in sacred functions; ecclesiastical employments obtained by flattery, service, or attendance, or by any thing which is instead of money; collations, nominations, and elections…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 This paragraph contains the account of the barren fig-tree, and of the cleansing of the temple. See also Mark 11:12-19; Luke 19:45-48. Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God - From Mark 11:11-15, it is probable that this cleansing of the temple did not take place on the day that he entered Jerusalem in triumph, but on the day following. He came and looked round upon all things, Mark says, and went out to Bethany with the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 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-changers. Our Lord drove them from the place, as he had done at his entering upon his ministry, Joh 2:13-17. His works testified of him more than the hosannas; and his healing in the temple was the fulfilling the promise, that the glory of the latter house should be greater than the glory of the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Buying and selling happened in the temple complex, in the Court of the Gentiles. Money changers made profit by exchanging foreign money into the official Jewish currency. Jesus criticized this commercial activity because it dishonored the holiness of the temple (see Mark 11:11–18).Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Matthew 21:12 Matt 21:12-16: Mark 11:15-18; Luke 19:45-47; Matt 21:12, 13: John 2:13-16 ↩
- 2. Matthew 21:12 Ex 30:13 ↩
- 3. Matthew 21:12 Lev 1:14; 5:7; 12:8 ↩
Commentaries on Matthew 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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