Recall from our context that Jesus was returning to Jerusalem on Monday morning after spending the night in Bethany. On the way, He saw a fig tree at a distance that had leafed out. Being hungry He went looking for some of the immature developing fruits that one would expect to find at that time,…
Recall that Jesus has just made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem in a manner quite unlike that which heralds the kingdoms and rulers of this world. Also recall that as in the days of Judas Maccabeus who cleansed the temple of the “abomination of desolation” (Dan 11:31), Jesus had also immediately begun to cleanse the…
What was Jesus’ response to the religious leaders’ indignation at the children’s hosannas? See Mat 21:16. Was it the case that those who were indignant had never read the passage Jesus quoted? Although they had surely read it, had they taken to heart the spirit of its meaning? Why not? Is it possible for a…
In contrast to those whom Christ cast out of His Father’s house, who does Matthew record that Jesus received at the temple? See Mat 21:14. What is the significance of this juxtaposition? See Luk 1:53. What did He do for the blind and the lame? What is the significance that it was after the cleansing…
Luk 21:5 (Beautifully adorned), Mat 23:16-22, 27:6 (Temple treasures, the temple a sort of national bank; cf. 1Ch 29:1-9, 1Ki 14:25-26, 2Ki 24:12-13, 25:13-15, 1Ch 26:20,22 Mar 12:41-44, Joh 8:20 (The temple treasury: located in the court of women where people donated their money into one of thirteen chests that were shaped like trumpets being…
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John’s gospel also describes an account of Jesus cleansing the temple; in what several ways does His description differ from Matthew’s? See Joh 2:13-22. Are we to assume as do many modern commentators that they are describing the same event? Notice at what time in Jesus’ ministry the cleansing John describes takes place as opposed…
Consider again how the temple had become a religious marketplace that the puppet leaders of the Jews who were supported by Rome profited from; is there a similar way that some houses of worship today, that are supposed to be the temple of God (1Co 3:16), have also become religious marketplaces that puppet leaders of…
What does Matthew record as the very first thing Jesus did after being hailed as king and welcomed by the multitude into the city? See Mat 21:12. What was the significance of this act in light of His triumphal entry into the city to the acclaim of the people as they celebrated with the branches…
Are we to suppose that this multitude who went out to welcome Jesus as He made His entrance into Jerusalem was composed of the political and religious leaders of the day? See Joh 11:47-48,57. What is the significance of Psa 118:22 in this context that would not be lost upon the lowly “rabble” among the…