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The Temple establishment therefore co-operated with the aristocracy in the exploitation of the poor. One of the first acts of the First Jewish-Roman War was the burning of the debt records in the archives. [33] Pope Francis sees the Cleansing of the Temple not as a violent act but more of a prophetic demonstration. [34]
The veil of the Temple was the barrier between the inner Temple, thought to be God's place on Earth, and the rest. Its destruction is a vindication of Jesus. This might be a metaphor for God now no longer being separated but free for all the world. [37]
Mark 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It contains the "Markan Apocalypse": [1] Jesus' predictions of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and disaster for Judea, as well as Mark's version of Jesus' eschatological discourse.
Mark 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It continues Jesus' teaching in the Temple in Jerusalem, and contains the parable of the Wicked Husbandmen, Jesus' argument with the Pharisees and Herodians over paying taxes to Caesar, and the debate with the Sadducees about the nature of people who will be resurrected at the end of time.
This verse reads 'I am Christ', lacking the definite article, in the Geneva Bible (1599), [11] the King James Version, [12] and the New Matthew Bible [13] (a modernised version of the New Testament of William Tyndale). [14] Carr (1882 onwards) observes that "the Christ, the Messiah" is correct, departing from the King James Version then in use. [2]
According to Lapide, the meaning of the verse is that if the holiness of the temple makes the sacrificing priests blameless, who break the Sabbath, in like manner the disciples, since Jesus is greater and holier than the temple. And in fact, as God, Jesus is considered the Lord of the temple and the recipient of the sacrifices. [1] [2]
Both are from expositions on the nature of the Temple. The quote from Isaiah comes from a section about how all who obey God's will, Jewish or not, are to be allowed into the Temple so they can pray and therefore converse with God. The passage in Jeremiah is from a chapter on the futility of worship on the part of those who do not obey God's ...
It was a custom for every Israelite, once a year, to pay half a shekel towards the temple charge and service, based on the orders given by God to Moses in the wilderness during the numbering of the Israelites, to take half a shekel out of everyone twenty years of age and older, rich or poor (Exodus 30:13), though this does not seem to be ...