Jesus Clears the Temple Courts

The wedding at Cana displays Jesus as the eternal joy-giver and the temple clearing displays His seriousness in regard to His Father's will and ways. His joy and seriousness are consistent with His eternal nature since joy is the right response to good things and seriousness right for bad things. Neither is one elevated over the other. They are both of equal value shown in Jesus words and deeds throughout His whole time on earth. Why is this important? - Countless wrong implications can be drawn if one attribute of Jesus Christ is elevated over another. The record of the wedding in Cana finishes with belief and so does this record of the clearing of the temple courts. John mentions people who believe, who apparently believe, and others who reject Jesus as God. 2000 years later, these things have not changed. There are still these three categories of people. Which are you in?

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Main point summary

Jesus foretells His death and resurrection which the disciples remembered when Jesus rose from the dead and they believed Scripture and His Word.

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John 2:12-25

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After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples;

and they did not stay there many days.

progression

Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand,

and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

temporal

And He found in the temple

those who sold oxen

and sheep

and doves ,

and the money changers

series

locative

doing business .

actionmanner

When He had made a whip of cords,

He drove them all out of the temple ,

with the sheep

and the oxen ,

and poured out the changers’ money

and overturned the tables.

And He said to those who sold doves ,

“Take these things away!

Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise !”

ideaexplanation

Then His disciples remembered that it was written,

“Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”

So the Jews answered and said to Him,

“What sign do You show to us,

since You do these things?”

ground

Jesus answered and said to them,

“Destroy this temple ,

and in three days

I will raise it up.”

Then the Jews said,

“It has taken forty-six years to build this temple ,

and will You raise it up in three days?”

situationresponse

But He was speaking of the temple of His body.

Therefore, when He had risen from the dead,

His disciples remembered that He had said this to them;

and they believed the Scripture

and the word which Jesus had said.

inference

concessive

questionanswer

Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast,

many believed in His name

when they saw the signs which He did.

But Jesus did not commit Himself to them,

because He knew all men,

and had no need that anyone should testify of man,

for He knew what was in man.

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John 2:13-25

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Jesus in Jerusalem

The Passover ... was near,

of the Jews

and Jesus went up

to Jerusalem.

Destination

Jesus in the Temple

Jesus's zeal for God and care for the marginalized

in the temple

Source

And He found ... those who were selling oxen

and sheep

and doves,

and the money changers

seated at their tables.

Locative

made a scourge of cords, and

Content

of the temple,

And He ... drove them all out ... with the sheep

and the oxen;

and He poured out the coins

of the money changers

and overturned their tables;

who were selling the doves

and to those ... He said,

“Take these things away;

stop making My Father’s house a place of business.”

Disadvantage

His disciples remembered

that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”

Meet God in Jesus

Jesus's death and resurrection is the only way to meet with God on faverable terms

The Jews then said to Him,

Question

“What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?”

Jesus answered them,

Consessive

“Destroy this temple, and ... I will raise it up.”

in three days

Temporal

The Jews then said,

“It took forty- six years to build this temple,

and will You raise it up in three days?”

Response

But He was speaking of the temple

of His body.

from the dead,

So when He was raised ... His disciples remembered

that He said this;

and they believed the Scripture

Result #1

and the word

Result #2

which Jesus had spoken.

Jesus's Discernment

Jesus knows the hearts of people

at the Passover,

during the feast,

Now when He was in Jerusalem ... many believed

Concessive

in His name,

observing His signs

Means

which He was doing.

on His part,

Distinction

But Jesus, ... was not entrusting Himself to them,

for He knew all men,

Ground #1a

and because He did not need anyone to testify concerning man,

Ground #2

for He Himself knew what was in man.

Ground #1b

phrasing

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