Mat 21:12-17 | Family | STEP | Bought in the temple ; the outer court of it, called the court of the Gentiles. Money-changers ; those who exchanged the current coin of the day for the Israelitish half-shekel which was paid yearly for the support of the temple service. See note on . For this they received a premium; and they were, moreover, often dishonest in their exactions. Sold doves ; for the offerings in the temple. . Those who imitate Christ will manifest great zeal for God, and labor to remove all evils connected with his worship. The Bible will be their standard, and by it they will seek to regulate their own conduct and that of their fellow-men.

‏ Matthew 21:12-17

Bought in the temple; the outer court of it, called the court of the Gentiles.

Money-changers; those who exchanged the current coin of the day for the Israelitish half-shekel which was paid yearly for the support of the temple service. See note on Mt 17:24. For this they received a premium; and they were, moreover, often dishonest in their exactions.

Sold doves; for the offerings in the temple. Le 14:22; Lu 2:24. Those who imitate Christ will manifest great zeal for God, and labor to remove all evils connected with his worship. The Bible will be their standard, and by it they will seek to regulate their own conduct and that of their fellow-men. Written; Isa 56:7. Read, Ps 8:2. The quotation was from the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, where the words "ordained strength" in the Hebrew, are translated "perfected praise." The conversion of children to the Saviour is foretold in the Scriptures. We ought therefore to seek and expect it, and when it takes place, to rejoice in it as a new evidence of the truth of the Bible and of the Messiahship of Jesus Christ. Bethany; a village on the east side of the mount of Olives, adjoining Bethphage.