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YHN (JHN) 2:13–2:22 ©

Yeshua disturbs the temple traders

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2:13 Yeshua disturbs the temple traders

(Mat. 21:12-13, Mark 11:15-17, Luke 19:45-46)

13[ref]By then it was getting close to the time of the Jewish Festival of the Passover, and Yeshua went down to Yerushalem. 14There in the temple, he discovered merchants selling cows and sheep and doves, and moneychangers sitting at their tables. 15Yeshua formed some cords into a whip and drove the sheep and cows out of the temple grounds, and he overturned the tables—spilling the coins of the moneychangers onto the ground. 16He scolded the ones selling doves, saying, “Get them out of here! Don’t be making my father’s house into a market. 17[ref]That reminded his followers of the scripture: “I’ll be filled with zeal for your temple.”

18Then the Jewish leaders responded, “Do a miracle to show that you have the authority to do these things.”

19[ref]But Yeshua answered, “Well, destroy this temple and I’ll raise[fn] it again in three days.

20The leaders smirked, “This temple took forty-six years to build, and you reckon that you can raise it again in three days?”

21But Yeshua had been meaning his own body when he was talking about the temple. 22In the future when he was actually raised from the dead, his followers remembered this statement, and they believed both the Hebrew scriptures and Yeshua’s message.


2:19 We couldn’t easily use rebuild here because there’s a play on words—see verse 21.


13And the passover_feast of_the Youdaiōns was near, and the Yaʸsous went_up to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim).
14And he_found in the temple the ones selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting.
15And having_made a_whip of cords, all he_throw_out both the sheep and the oxen from the temple, and he_poured_out the coins of_the moneychangers, and he_overturned the tables.
16And to_the ones selling the doves he_said:
Take_away these things from_here, not be_making the house of_the father of_me a_house of_business.
17the apprentices/followers of_him /Were/_reminded that having_been_written it_is:
The zeal of_the house of_you will_be_consuming me.
18Therefore the Youdaiōns answered and said to_him:
What sign you_are_showing to_us, that you_are_doing these things?
19Yaʸsous answered and said to_them:
Destroy this the temple, and I_will_be_raising it in three days.
20Therefore the Youdaiōns said:
This the temple was_built for_forty and six years, and you will_be_raising it in three days?
21But that one was_speaking concerning the temple of_the body of_him.
22Therefore when he_was_raised from the_dead, the apprentices/followers of_him were_reminded that he_was_saying this, and they_believed in_the scripture and the message that the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) spoke.

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Jesus’ Final Journey to Jerusalem

Much like the difficulties of discerning the Israelites’ journey to the Promised Land (see here), the task of reconciling the four Gospel accounts of Jesus’ final journey to Jerusalem into one coherent itinerary has proven very challenging for Bible scholars. As with many other events during Jesus’ ministry, the accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke (often referred to as the Synoptic Gospels) present a noticeably similar account of Jesus’ final travels, while John’s Gospel presents an itinerary that is markedly different from the others. In general, the Synoptic Gospels present Jesus as making a single journey to Jerusalem, beginning in Capernaum (Luke 9:51), passing through Perea (Matthew 19:1-2; Mark 10:1) and Jericho (Matthew 20:29-34; Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:35-19:10), and ending at Bethany and Bethphage, where he enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey (Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44). John, on the other hand, mentions several trips to Jerusalem by Jesus (John 2:13-17; 5:1-15; 7:1-13; 10:22-23), followed by a trip to Perea across the Jordan River (John 10:40-42), a return to Bethany where he raises Lazarus from the dead (John 11), a withdrawal to the village of Ephraim for a few months (John 11:54), and a return trip to Bethany, where he then enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey (John 12:1-19). The differences between the Synoptics’ and John’s accounts are noteworthy, but they are not irreconcilable. The Synoptics, after noting that Jesus began his trip at Capernaum, likely condensed their accounts (as occurs elsewhere in the Gospels) to omit Jesus’ initial arrival in Jerusalem and appearance at the Festival of Dedication, thus picking up with Jesus in Perea (stage 2 of John’s itinerary). Then all the Gospels recount Jesus’ trip (back) to Bethany and Jerusalem, passing through Jericho along the way. Likewise, the Synoptics must have simply omitted the few months Jesus spent in Ephraim to escape the Jewish leaders (stage 4 of John’s itinerary) and rejoined John’s account where Jesus is preparing to enter Jerusalem on a donkey.

YHN (JHN) 2:13–2:22 ©

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