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Text -- Matthew 21:1-21 (NET)
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The Triumphal Entry
21:1 Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage , at the Mount of Olives , Jesus sent two disciples ,
21:2 telling them , “Go to the village ahead of you . Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her . Untie them and bring them to me .
21:3 If anyone says anything to you , you are to say , ‘The Lord needs them ,’ and he will send them at once .”
21:4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet :
21:5 “Tell the people of Zion , ‘Look , your king is coming to you , unassuming and seated on a donkey , and on a colt , the foal of a donkey .’”
21:6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them .
21:7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them , and he sat on them .
21:8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road . Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road .
21:9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting , “Hosanna to the Son of David ! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord ! Hosanna in the highest !”
21:10 As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar , saying , “Who is this ?”
21:11 And the crowds were saying , “This is the prophet Jesus , from Nazareth in Galilee .”
Cleansing the Temple
21:12 Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts , and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves .
21:13 And he said to them , “It is written , ‘My house will be called a house of prayer ,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers !”
21:14 The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts , and he healed them .
21:15 But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts , “Hosanna to the Son of David ,” they became indignant
21:16 and said to him , “Do you hear what they are saying ?” Jesus said to them , “Yes . Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself’?”
21:17 And leaving them , he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there .
The Withered Fig Tree
21:18 Now early in the morning , as he returned to the city , he was hungry .
21:19 After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it , but found nothing on it except leaves . He said to it , “Never again will there be fruit from you !” And the fig tree withered at once .
21:20 When the disciples saw it they were amazed , saying , “How did the fig tree wither so quickly ?”
21:21 Jesus answered them , “I tell you the truth , if you have faith and do not doubt , not only will you do what was done to the fig tree , but even if you say to this mountain , ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea ,’ it will happen .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
TEMPLE, A2 |
OLIVES, MOUNT OF |
Jesus, The Christ |
KING, CHRIST AS |
Temple |
Miracles |
Reproof |
Prophecy |
ASS |
Quotations and Allusions |
HOSANNA |
Bethphage |
Bethany |
Colt |
QUOTATIONS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT |
FIG, FIG-TREE |
Children |
Greed |
Hosaa |
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NET Notes -> Mat 21:1; Mat 21:1; Mat 21:1; Mat 21:1; Mat 21:2; Mat 21:3; Mat 21:4; Mat 21:4; Mat 21:5; Mat 21:5; Mat 21:6; Mat 21:7; Mat 21:8; Mat 21:9; Mat 21:9; Mat 21:9; Mat 21:9; Mat 21:10; Mat 21:11; Mat 21:12; Mat 21:12; Mat 21:12; Mat 21:12; Mat 21:12; Mat 21:13; Mat 21:13; Mat 21:13; Mat 21:15; Mat 21:15; Mat 21:16; Mat 21:19; Mat 21:19; Mat 21:21; Mat 21:21
NET Notes: Mat 21:1 “Mountain” in English generally denotes a higher elevation than it often does in reference to places in Palestine. The Mount of Olives is ...
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NET Notes: Mat 21:3 The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.
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NET Notes: Mat 21:4 Grk “what was spoken by the prophet, saying.” The present participle λέγοντος (legontos) is redund...
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NET Notes: Mat 21:5 Grk “the foal of an animal under the yoke,” i.e., a hard-working animal. This is a quotation from Zech 9:9.
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NET Notes: Mat 21:6 Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ instructions in vv. 2-3.
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NET Notes: Mat 21:7 Grk “garments”; but this refers in context to their outer cloaks. The action is like 2 Kgs 9:13.
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NET Notes: Mat 21:10 Grk “was shaken.” The translation “thrown into an uproar” is given by L&N 25.233.
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NET Notes: Mat 21:12 Matthew (here, 21:12-27), Mark (11:15-19) and Luke (19:45-46) record this incident of the temple cleansing at the end of Jesus’ ministry. John (...
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NET Notes: Mat 21:13 A quotation from Jer 7:11. The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels....
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NET Notes: Mat 21:15 Grk “crying out in the temple [courts] and saying.” The participle λέγοντας (legontas) is somewhat...
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NET Notes: Mat 21:19 The fig tree is a variation on the picture of a vine as representing the nation; see Isa 5:1-7.
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