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John 2:13-25

Jesus Clears the Temple Courts

[13] When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [14] In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. [15] So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. [16] To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” [17] His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

[18] The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”

[19] Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”

[20] They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” [21] But the temple he had spoken of was his body. [22] After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

[23] Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name. [24] But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. [25] He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.

Notes Outline

1. The Desecration of the Temple

   1. John 2:13-14

   2. “Reality demands submission, even if I don’t want it or like it.”

2. The Fury of the Savior

   1. John 2:15-17

   2. Isaiah 56:7

   3. Malachi 3:2-3

3. The Promise of the Resurrection

   1. John 2:18-22