Matthew 24:1

The Destruction of the Temple

24:1 Now ¹  as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings. ² 

Matthew 12:6

12:6 I ³  tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

Matthew 21:14

21:14 The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them.

Matthew 21:12

Cleansing the Temple

21:12 Then ⁴  Jesus entered the temple area ⁵  and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, ⁶  and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.

Matthew 4:5

4:5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, ⁷  had him stand ⁸  on the highest point ⁹  of the temple,

Matthew 12:5

12:5 Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty?

Matthew 21:15

21:15 But when the chief priests and the experts in the law ¹⁰  saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, ¹¹  “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

Matthew 21:23

The Authority of Jesus

21:23 Now after Jesus ¹²  entered the temple courts, ¹³  the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, “By what authority ¹⁴  are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”

Matthew 26:55

26:55 At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? ¹⁵  Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet ¹⁶  you did not arrest me.

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

² sn The Jerusalem temple was widely admired around the world. See Josephus, Ant. 15.11 [15.380-425]; J. W. 5.5 [5.184-227] and Tacitus, History 5.8, who called it “immensely opulent.” Josephus compared it to a beautiful snowcapped mountain.

³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

⁶ tn Grk “the temple.”

⁷ tn Grk “the temple.”

⁷ sn The order of the second and third temptations differs in Luke’s account (4:5-12) from the order given in Matthew.

⁸ tn Grk “and he stood him.”

⁹ sn The highest point of the temple probably refers to the point on the temple’s southeast corner where it looms directly over a cliff some 450 ft (135 m) high. However, some have suggested the reference could be to the temple’s high gate.

⁹ tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

¹⁰ tn Grk “crying out in the temple [courts] and saying.” The participle λέγοντας (legontas) is somewhat redundant here in contemporary English and has not been translated.

¹¹ tn Grk “he.”

¹² tn Grk “the temple.”

¹³ tn On this phrase, see BDAG 844 s.v. ποῖος 2.a.γ.1

¹³ tn Or “a revolutionary.” This term can refer to one who stirs up rebellion: BDAG 594 s.v. λῃστής 2 has “revolutionary, insurrectionist, guerrilla” citing evidence from Josephus (J. W. 2.13.2-3 [2.253-254]). However, this usage generally postdates Jesus’ time. It does refer to a figure of violence. Luke uses the same term for the highwaymen who attack the traveler in the parable of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:30).

¹⁴ tn Grk “and” (καί, kai), a conjunction that is elastic enough to be used to indicate a contrast, as here.