Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Gentiles » Often ravaged and defiled the holy land and sanctuary
Heathen » Excluded from the temple
Temple » Solomon's » Holiness of
There in the Temple [area] He found people selling oxen, sheep and pigeons. [i.e., for use as sacrifices]. Also cashiers were sitting there. [Note: These people exchanged foreign coins so visitors to Jerusalem could make purchases and pay taxes]. Then Jesus made a whip out of strands of rope and drove all of the sheep and oxen out of the Temple [area], dumped out the cashiers' money and overturned their tables. He said to those who were selling the pigeons, "Take these things out of here, and quit making my Father's house [i.e., the Temple] a merchandise mart."
You foolish, blind people! Which is greater, the gold or the Temple that makes its gold sacred?
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