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11:17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be {d} called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
(d) Will openly be considered and taken to be so.
11:15-19 Jesus went into the temple. For notes on this cleansing of the temple see Mt 21:12-13. Compare Lu 19:45-48.
11:17 Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11.
11:12-18 Christ looked to find some fruit, for the time of gathering figs, though it was near, was not yet come; but he found none. He made this fig-tree an example, not to the trees, but to the men of that generation. It was a figure of the doom upon the Jewish church, to which he came seeking fruit, but found none. Christ went to the temple, and began to reform the abuses in its courts, to show that when the Redeemer came to Zion, it was to turn away ungodliness from Jacob. The scribes and the chief priests sought, not how they might make their peace with him, but how they might destroy him. A desperate attempt, which they could not but fear was fighting against God.
Cave Den Hole House Nations Prayer Remonstrated Robbers Taught Teach Teaching Thieves Writings Written
Cave Den Hole House Nations Prayer Remonstrated Robbers Taught Teach Teaching Thieves Writings Written
