Jesus at the Temple - Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money
6 Yet I say to you that in this place there is One greater than the temple. 7 But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord [b]even of the Sabbath....
But the priests are not wrong for doing that. 6 I tell you that there is something here that is greater than the Temple. 7 The Scripture says,‘I want kindness more than I want animal sacrifices.’ n You don’t really know what those words mean. If you understood them, you would ...
6 But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple. 7 And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath. 9 And when he had passed from thence,...
it was necessary for Jesus to atone for the sins of humanity, particularly through the shedding of His blood on the cross. Jesus' clearing the temple courts in Jerusalem validated His claim to be greater than this shrine and to have authority over all the religious institutions associated with...
There’s nothing else quite like it in the canonical gospels. The Bible in general is short on description and long on action. We never hear about the weather in Jerusalem or the colors of spring in the Galilean hills or the way light falls on the walls of the temple courtyard in late...
That fanatic rebellion, mournfully chronicled by the great Jewish historian Josephus, ended in a catastrophe rivalled in the history of Jews only by the Holocaust; it involved the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, the enslavement and exile of thousands, and the loss of sovereignty over Jewi...
Entirely likewise, if the Bible were historical, then it would be bound by time and time would be greater than it. It isn't. The Bible is greater than time because it speaks of patterns that form the foundation of reality and of which time is a mere consequence. Science speaks hopefully...
6I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.7If you had known what these words mean, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’[a]you would not have condemned the innocent.8For the Son of Manis Lord of the Sabbath.” 9Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue,...
5 And haven’t you read in the law of Moses that the priests on duty in the Temple may work on the Sabbath? 6 I tell you, there is one here who is even greater than the Temple! 7 But you would not have condemned my innocent disciples if you knew the meaning of this Scripture:‘...