João 2

John Phillips · Citado em PreceptAustin

João 2

Phillips has an interesting comment that "It is fitting that the Lord's public ministry should commence in Judea, in Jerusalem, and in the temple. The Lord went straight for the heart. He now offered himself as messiah in the nation's capital and, being rejected, left and offered himself as prophet in Galilee. He would not offer himself openly as messiah in Jerusalem again until his final entry." (BORROW Exploring the Gospels. John) J C

João 2

Phillips explains that the Temple grounds were "divided into four courts. Coming in from the east and moving toward the sanctuary itself, a visitor would successively pass through the court of the gentiles, the court of the women, the court of Israel, and the court of the priests. With their usual contempt for all things gentile, the Jews had designated their court as a suitable place to transact business....The place of prayer for all nations smelled of the barnyard, sounded like a cattle market, was filled with noise and din, was the scene of many a swindle." (BORROW Exploring the Gospels. John) Henry

João 2

Phillips - This bold attack on the "syndicate" proclaimed Jesus, in the most authentic manner possible, to be the Christ. Alone and single-handed he had taken on the establishment, including the Sanhedrin and the powerful Sadducean party, which both sponsored and doubtless profited from this traffic. He had overthrown an entrenched system of evil that posed as a public benefit. In doing so, he had proclaimed himself the Son of his Father, whose house these profane intruders were defiling. In view of the Passover he had rid that house of the leaven of unrighteousness that had long corrupted it. (When the Lord left that temple for the last time he called it "your house," but by then he had already prophetically handed it over to judgment; see Matthew 23:38.) (BORROW Exploring the Gospels. John) Stop making (poieo) My Father's house a place of business - NLT = "Stop turning my Father's house into a marketplace!" Stop making is a command (present imperative with a negative) meaning to cease an action which is taking place. If Jesus had not already attracted the attention of the religious leaders, His reference to the Temple as His Father's house (note He does not say "our House" or Herod's house), would have raised their blood pressure for sure! Jesus is clearly making a Messianic claim, and indirectly claiming to be God, so don't let anyone tell you Jesus never claimed to be God, for He did so repeatedly (cf Jn 10:30+)! If Jesus called God His Father, the clear implication is that Jesus is saying He is the Son of God. He could not have been more clear! And even as a child in Luke 2:49+ Jesus asked His parents "Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?” Later John writes "For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God." (John 5:18+, see complete list below) If the unbelieving Jews still believed He was in essence calling Himself God (cf Jn 8:58+)! (See Is Jesus God? Did Jesus ever claim to be God? ) Father's (3962)(pater) in this context refers to God as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus calls God patér mou, "My Father" (Mt. 11:27; Mark 8:38; Luke 2:49; John 10:18, 25, 29; Rev. 2:27; 3:5, 21), "my Father in the heavens" (Mt. 7:21; 10:32, 33; 12:50), "my heavenly Father" (Mt 15:13). All uses of the phrase MY FATHER in the Gospels (most but not all refer to Jesus referring to God as His Father) - Matt. 7:21; Matt. 8:21; Matt. 10:32; Matt. 10:33; Matt. 11:27; Matt. 12:50; Matt. 16:17; Matt. 18:10; Matt. 18:19; Matt. 20:23; Matt. 25:34; Matt. 26:39; Matt. 26:42; Matt. 26:53; Lk. 9:59; Lk. 10:22; Lk. 15:18; Lk. 22:29; Lk. 24:49; Jn. 5:17; Jn. 6:32; Jn. 6:40; Jn. 8:19; Jn. 8:38; Jn. 8:49; Jn. 8:54; Jn. 10:18; Jn. 10:29; Jn. 10:37; Jn. 14:7; Jn. 14:20; Jn. 14:21; Jn. 14:23; Jn. 15:1; Jn. 15:8; Jn. 15:15; Jn. 15:23; Jn. 15:24; Jn. 20:17 Related Resources: What are the strongest biblical arguments for the divinity of Christ? Is Jesus God in the flesh? Why is it important that Jesus is God in the flesh? Was Jesus created? Is the deity of Christ biblical? Is Jesus Yahweh? Is Jesus Jehovah? Business (1712) (emporion from émporos = merchant) describes a place set aside for trade and business, and so an emporium, a market, a place where commerce occurs. The cognate emporía (1711) means trade, commerce. An emporium refers to "a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain." Peter uses the related (cognate) verb emporeuomai in 2 Peter 2:3+ meaning to exploit, describing what the false teachers were doing to the people. False money dealers and false teachers both exploited the people. Three uses in the Septuagint twice to refer to Tyre - Deut. 33:19; Isa. 23:17; Ezek. 27:3 Gilbrant - In classical Greek emporion could mean a market center where there was no city (see Liddell-Scott). In the New Testament this noun occurs only in John 2:16 in the expression oikos emporiou, “a house of merchandise” (NIV: “a market”). In contrast to agora (57), “the open marketplace,” emporion refers to an inside business here. Jesus drove out the money changers who had made the temple, which was meant to be a house of prayer, a market. (Complete Biblical Library Greek-English Dictionary) The other Gospels in describing what I feel is a second Temple cleansing (Mt 21:13 Mk 11:17) quote prophecies the Old Testament at this point... Mt 21:13 And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER’; but you are making it a ROBBERS’ DEN.” Mk 11:17 “Is it not written, ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE O F PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS’? But you have made it a ROBBERS’ DEN.” Isaiah 56:7 Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples. Jeremiah 7:11 “Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares the LORD. THOUGHT: We each need to examine our hearts when we come to worship (Ps 139:23,24). Is our heart like this court of the Gentiles, filled with chaos (animals,etc) and cheating (exorbitant exchanging of money)? We would do well to consider the wisdom of Solomon who warned "Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil." (Ecclesiastes 5:1)