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Mark 11:15

Mark 11:15
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they came to Jerusalem,.... The Ethiopic version reads, "he came"; that is, Christ; but not alone, for his disciples were with him: Beza says, that, one exemplar he had met with, adds "again", and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mark 11:11-26

See this passage explained in the notes at Mat 21:18-22. Mar 11:11 Into the temple - Not into the edifice properly called “the temple,” but into the “courts” which surrounded the principal edifice.…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

And they come - Several MSS. and versions have παλιν, again. This was the next day after our Lord's triumphant entry into Jerusalem; for on the evening of that day he went to Bethany, and lodged…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 11:12-26

Here is, I. Christ's cursing the fruitless fig-tree. He had a convenient resting-place at Bethany, and therefore thither he went at resting-time; but his work lay at Jerusalem, and thither therefore…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

and Jesus went into the temple The best MSS. omit the word Jesushere. The nefarious scene, which He had sternly rebuked on the occasion of His first Passover, and which is recorded only by St John…

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