Joh 2:14-17 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for John 2:14-17: 2:14-17 Those who came for Passover needed to have approved sacrifices for worship. From this need grew a considerable industry for selling animals and exchanging money, but this business was being conducted in the Temple. Jesus, like a prophet, demanded that God’s house be returned to its intended uses—worship, prayer, instruction, and sacrifice. This put Jesus at odds with the Temple leadership. • The synoptic Gospels place the clearing of the Temple near the end of Jesus’ ministry (Matt 21:12-13 ; Mark 11:15-17 ; Luke 19:45-46 ). John might have placed his account of the event here to emphasize a connection with the miracle that transformed the water in purification jars into wine (John 2:1-11 ). The Temple and the stone jars were both instruments of purification in Judaism. Stone jars filled with water for ritual washing now contained Jesus’ wine, and a stone Temple dedicated to sacrificial purification would be replaced by Christ himself (2:19-21 ). Another view is that Jesus cleared the Temple at the beginning and again at the end of his ministry.

a2:14-17►

bMatt 21:12-13►

cMark 11:15-17►

dLuke 19:45-46►

eJohn 2:1-11►

f2:19-21►

‏ John 2:14-17

Summary for John 2:14-17: 2:14-17 ^a Those who came for Passover needed to have approved sacrifices for worship. From this need grew a considerable industry for selling animals and exchanging money, but this business was being conducted in the Temple. Jesus, like a prophet, demanded that God’s house be returned to its intended uses—worship, prayer, instruction, and sacrifice. This put Jesus at odds with the Temple leadership.

• The synoptic Gospels place the clearing of the Temple near the end of Jesus’ ministry (Matt 21:12-13 ^b; Mark 11:15-17 ^c; Luke 19:45-46 ^d). John might have placed his account of the event here to emphasize a connection with the miracle that transformed the water in purification jars into wine (John 2:1-11 ^e). The Temple and the stone jars were both instruments of purification in Judaism. Stone jars filled with water for ritual washing now contained Jesus’ wine, and a stone Temple dedicated to sacrificial purification would be replaced by Christ himself (2:19-21 ^f). Another view is that Jesus cleared the Temple at the beginning and again at the end of his ministry.