Mark and John tell of Jesus overturning the tables of money-changers, those persons who converted coins bearing images of the emperor into Tyrian silver coins, the only form of coin acceptable for donations. The Gospels also describe Jesus driving the pigeon-sellers (the birds were used as ...
12Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buyingand selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changersand the benches of those selling doves.13“It is written,”he said to them,“‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’[a]but you are making it ...
He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, 16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. 17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations...
At the temple, they saw money changers and merchants selling goods. In a rare display of anger, Jesus overturned the tables and, with a whip made of cords, drove them out, declaring that his Father’s house isn’t a house for merchants. The Synoptic Gospels chronicle Jesus as he ...
“My house shall be known among all nations for a house of prayer. Whereas you have made it into a den of thieves.” (Mark 11:17) So went Christ’s famous rebuke to the moneychangers and those selling pigeons in the Jerusalem temple, as pictured above. ...
So, how did Jesus respond to this abuse of the Temple? John tells us he made a whip of cords and drove them all out, along with the animals. He then poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. “Take these things away,” Jesus said according to...
He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. / To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!” / His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”...
No one on Earth HAS to be in debt bondage to the Mass Murder for filthy lucre “Cult” of the Money Changers & Pharisees — John 8:32. Steve March 29, 2018 @ 5:25 am No Plea Deal For Socialite Here: This case reminds me of something out of a Woody Allen movie where: “What...
Was Jesus Violent When He Harassed the Temple Money-Changers? Posted: June 20, 2005 When considering “was Jesus violent?” one incident often comes up – the time when he overturned money-changers’ tables in the temple compound in Jerusalem. 18 comments Cover for Evil: Machiavelli, Led...
Was Jesus Violent When He Harassed the Temple Money-Changers? Posted: June 20, 2005 When considering “was Jesus violent?” one incident often comes up – the time when he overturned money-changers’ tables in the temple compound in Jerusalem. 18 comments Cover for Evil: Machiavelli, Led...