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860 B
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27 lines
860 B
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# General Information:
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Jesus and his disciples go up to Jerusalem to the temple.
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# went up to Jerusalem
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This indicates that he went from a lower place to a higher place. Jerusalem is built on a hill.
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# were sitting there
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The next verse makes it clear that these people are in the temple courtyard. That area was intended for worship and not for commerce.
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# sellers of oxen and sheep and pigeons
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People are buying animals in the temple courtyard to sacrifice them to God.
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# money changers
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Jewish authorities required people who wanted to buy animals for sacrifices to exchange their money for special money from the "money changers."
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/passover]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sheep]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/dove]] |