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First Half: The Temple purged (v.13-17)
1: Jesus went up to Jerusalem (v.13)
Verse 13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2: Jesus went to the temple (v.14-16)
Read Verse 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.
Read Verse 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen.
And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
Verse 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade."
3: Jesus’ disciples remembered (v.17)
Read Verse 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."
Second half: The true temple (v.18-22)
1: Jesus questioned and His response(v.18-19)
1: Jesus questioned and He responds (v.18-19)
Read Verse 18 So the Jews said to him, "What sign do you show us for doing these things?"
Read Verse 19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
2: Jesus misunderstood (v.20-21)
2: Jesus misunderstood (v.20-21)
Read Verse 20 The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?"
Read 21 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
Jesus here was speaking about the temple of his body.
3: Jesus disciples believed (v.22)
Read Verse 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
First Half: The Temple purged (v.13-17)
1: Jesus went up to Jerusalem (v.13)
Verse 13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
In verse 12 we see Jesus had went to Capernaum where He stayed for a few days and from there He traveled to Jerusalem.
Prior to our text today we saw Jesus’ first miracle at the wedding in Cana.
Capernaum was about 17 miles east from Cana and was above the Sea of Galilee.
It was about 85 miles north of Jerusalem.
Jesus traveled from there to Jerusalem at the time of the Passover.
The Passover is mentioned 10 times in the gospel of John.
Three of them happened to be 3 different Passovers that were celebrated.
The Passover was the first and the most important of the three annual festivals.
There are seven total Jewish festivals or feasts outlined in Scripture.
In verse 12 we see Jesus had went to Capernaum where He stayed for a few days and from there He traveled to Jerusalem.
The Passover specifically called for the male population of Israel (which included any Jewish male over 12 years old).
Capernaum is about 85 miles north of Jerusalem.
The Passover was the first and the most important of the three annual festivals.
Jewish pilgrims crowded into Jerusalem for this greatest of Jewish feasts.
John MacArthur Jr., ed., The MacArthur Study Bible, electronic ed.
(Nashville, TN: Word Pub., 1997), 1578–1579.
The male population of Israel (which included any Jewish male over 12 years old) would appear before the Lord in the temple at Jerusalem.
They were to celebrate the passing over of God’s people when the angel smote the first-born of Egypt the night of the Exodus.
The Passover celebrated passing over of God’s people when the angel smote the first-born of Egypt the night of the Exodus.
The MacArthur Study Bible Chapter 2
In and in , they are told to remember the day of their coming out of Egypt.
Jews selected the lamb on the tenth of the month, and celebrated Passover on the 14th day of the lunar month of Nisan (full moon at the end of Mar. or beginning of Apr.).
They slaughtered the lamb between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. on the night of the feast.
Passover commemorates the deliverance of the Jews from slavery in Egypt when the angel of death “passed over” Jewish homes in Egypt whose “doorposts” were sprinkled with blood (Ex.
12:23–27).
God instituted a commemorative meal where a lamb was roasted in fire and bitter herbs were used along with unleavened bread ().
In , they were told to "observe this rite as a statute for them and for their sons forever.”
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), .
The Jews would give sacrifices between 3:00 and 6:00 on the night of the feast.
lamb, bitter herbs, and unleavened bread ().
The Lord told the Israelites to “observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever” (, ESV), even when in a foreign land.
The Lord told the Israelites to “observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever” (, ESV), even when in a foreign land.
Jews selected the best lamb and would give it to be sacrificed between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. on the night of the feast.
Jewish men could have also brought their families to Jerusalem for what was considered the greatest of the Jewish feasts.
The amount of people that would travel to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover was said to be so much that every room in Jerusalem would be booked.
Thousands upon thousands traveled to observe the Passover.
This event where Jesus goes to the temple is recorded in all four gospels.
It does seem that they are separate events.
In the Synoptic Gospels this event is recorded at the end of Jesus’ ministry ().
John placed it in the beginning of Jesus’ ministry.
John placed it in the beginning of Jesus’ ministry.
One cannot prove that Jesus cleansed the temple twice.
For John chronology has only marginal significance.
In both 2:1–11 and 2:13–22 Jesus transforms the Jewish legal custom to do good to people by fulfilling their need.
Jey J. Kanagaraj, John, ed.
Michael F. Bird and Craig Keener, vol.
4, New Covenant Commentary Series (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2013), 23–24.
And of course when knowing that there would be many people traveling and in need of things, booths would form to sell what people needed.
Especially for what they needed at the temple.
With the amount of people coming, it guaranteed earnings from selling animals and the exchange of money was needed so that they could pay the temple tax.
Jesus traveled there and we see Him going to the temple in Jerusalem in verses 14-16.
Passover commemorates the deliverance of the Jews from slavery in Egypt when the angel of death “passed over” Jewish homes in Egypt whose “doorposts” were sprinkled with blood ().
They slaughtered the lamb between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. on the night of the feast.
Passover commemorates the deliverance of the Jews from slavery in Egypt when the angel of death “passed over” Jewish homes in Egypt whose “doorposts” were sprinkled with blood ().
Which is recorded in and in , they are told to remember that day of their coming out of Egypt.
It commemorated the exemption or passing over of the families of the Israelites when the destroying angel smote the first-born of Egypt the night of the Exodus (; ).
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After the Exodus the Law prescribed with minute accuracy the various ceremonies which were to characterize the observance of the festival (; ; ; ).
The Passover was a striking type of that signal deliverance from the thraldom of sin and sense and Satan which the sacrificed Lamb of God () has achieved for his people.
Thomas J. Shepherd, The Westminster Bible Dictionary (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1880), 393.
2:13.
John keeps meticulous track of Jewish feasts.
In addition to other feasts, he mentions three Passovers (2:13; 6:4; 11:55), possibly a fourth (5:1).
2: Jesus went to the temple (v.14-16)
Read Verse 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.
All four Gospels contain an account of what has been known as “the cleansing of the temple” (; ; ).
All four Gospels contain an account of the cleansing of the temple (; ; ),
In the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) this event is recorded at the end of Jesus’ ministry.
John however places it in the beginning.
Compared to John’s account these are best viewed as different events.
Which would mean that Jesus may have done this more than once.
these are best viewed as different incidents
John’s account is the most detailed since he mentions oxen, sheep as well as doves.
He also talks specifically about the whip of cords used here in our text.
The temple here was a complex bigger than a football field.
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