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NASB | Mark 11:17 And He began to teach and say to them, "Is it not written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS'? But you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 11:17 He began to teach and say to them, "Is it not written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS'? But you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN." [Is 56:7; Jer 7:11] |
Bible Question: I would like to know if you could expound on Mark 11:15-19. Why was Jesus cleansing the temple in Jerusalem? |
Bible Answer: The temple had a "court of the Gentiles" where non-Jews could come to worship the One true God. The Sanhedrin decided to make things run smoother; the only lamb you could use at Passover was the lambs they raised and sold. That way they could streamline the "approval" process of the sacrifice. At least this was their said reasoning. Actually they were jacking up the price so high that those coming from far away, not only would not be able to use the lamb they brought, but they could not afford the lambs being sold. Their worship on Passover was in jeopardy. The reason they sold in the court of the Gentiles was because there just wasn't room anywhere else. So the Gentiles had no place to worship the One True God. There was dung everywhere. So Jesus (and others before and after him) drove out the money changers. Jesus called them a "den of thieves" but he also said, "My house is a house of prayer for ALL NATIONS." He said this because the Gentiles were being left out. The "den of thieves" carries with it an additional jab at the Herodians. Herod was often referred to as a "fox" in the first century. Paul latter says that the "wall of separation" is removed. He is talking about the wall that divided Gentiles and Jews in the Temple. Ezekiel’s temple also does not have a "wall of separation." MJH |
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