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Text -- Matthew 21:1-24 (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. 21:22 And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive.”
The Authority of Jesus
21:23 Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 21:24 Jesus answered them, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Bethany a small town on the east slope of the Mount of Olives,a town located east of the Jordan river
 · Bethphage a town located on the Mount of Olives near Bethany.
 · David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel
 · Galilee the region of Palestine north of Sameria and west of the upper Jordan River,a region west of Lake Galilee and north of the Jezreel Valley
 · Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin
 · Mount of Olives a ridge east of Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley and rising about 200 feet above the city (NIV note)
 · Nazareth a town in lower Galilee about halfway between the Sea of Galilee and the Mediterranean Sea
 · Zion one of the hills on which Jerusalem was built; the temple area; the city of Jerusalem; God's people,a town and citidel; an ancient part of Jerusalem


Dictionary Themes and Topics: TEMPLE, A2 | OLIVES, MOUNT OF | JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 | Jesus, The Christ | KING, CHRIST AS | Miracles | Temple | Prophecy | Reproof | Quotations and Allusions | ASS | HOSANNA | Bethany | Colt | QUOTATIONS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT | Bethphage | FIG, FIG-TREE | Prayer | INSPIRATION, 1-7 | Chief Priests | more
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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 ...

NET Notes: Mat 21:2 Grk “the village lying before you” (BDAG 530 s.v. κατέναντι 2.b).

NET Notes: Mat 21:3 The custom called angaria allowed the impressment of animals for service to a significant figure.

NET Notes: Mat 21:4 Grk “what was spoken by the prophet, saying.” The present participle λέγοντος (legontos) is redund...

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.

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.

NET Notes: Mat 21:7 Grk “garments”; but this refers in context to their outer cloaks. The action is like 2 Kgs 9:13.

NET Notes: Mat 21:8 Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

NET Notes: Mat 21:9 A quotation from Ps 118:25-26.

NET Notes: Mat 21:10 Grk “was shaken.” The translation “thrown into an uproar” is given by L&N 25.233.

NET Notes: Mat 21:11 For location see Map1 D3; Map2 C2; Map3 D5; Map4 C1; Map5 G3.

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 (...

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....

NET Notes: Mat 21:15 Grk “crying out in the temple [courts] and saying.” The participle λέγοντας (legontas) is somewhat...

NET Notes: Mat 21:16 A quotation from Ps 8:2.

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.

NET Notes: Mat 21:21 Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

NET Notes: Mat 21:22 Grk “believing”; the participle here is conditional.

NET Notes: Mat 21:23 On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.1

NET Notes: Mat 21:24 Grk “answering, Jesus said to them.” This is somewhat redundant and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not...

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