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NASB | Matthew 21:12 ¶ And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 21:12 ¶ And Jesus entered the temple [grounds] and drove out [with force] all who were buying and selling [birds and animals for sacrifice] in the temple area, and He turned over the tables of the moneychangers [who made a profit exchanging foreign money for temple coinage] and the chairs of those who were selling doves [for sacrifice]. [Mark 11:15-18; Luke 19:45-47; John 2:14-16] |
Subject: Who turned the tables? A prophet or God? |
Bible Note: Hi CDBJ, Tim could have spelled it out as well, but not necessarily any better. Thank you very much for your fine work. What I find of most interest for my question is that "the subject produces the action". Of course Jesus is doing the action of overturning the tables in a point of time in His own temple. And in a real and certain way He is perfecting praise for Himself. Would you also give an interpretation of Matthew 21:16? Again, I am interested in how many pronouns in the quote of Psalm 8:2 Here in Matthew 21:12, both the KJ and the Koine have two pronouns in the verse. This is true of the NKJ as well with its inclusion of the temple "of God" and with no personal pronoun for the overturning. The subject of the verb is Jesus who is God in His own temple. I would encourage you to write the Lockman Foundation and suggest to them that there should be two pronouns of Deity in that verse if you agree with me. I praise God that Jesus could "turn the tables" and reverse completely the situation here in this passage. The multitudes were saying, "Who is this?" and were saying that it is the prophet Jesus of Nazareth. They were regarding Him as just a prophet, verse 46, as well as John being thought of highly as a prophet. I regard Jesus as the Prophet, but the multitudes here were not recognizing Him as such. However, they were giving Him praise as the Son [sic] of David, thus perfecting praise for Himself. And the tables were turned, praise Him. Psalm 7:17, "I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the (Lord) Most High." From the heart, Ray |