Matthew 21
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 21 of 28
Chapter Summary
1 Christ rides to Jerusalem, 12 drives the buyers and sellers out of the temple, 23 silences the priests and elders, 28 and rebukes them by the similitude of the two sons.
Key Greek Words
People & Context
Rides into Jerusalem, cleanses the temple, curses the fig tree, and answers the leaders with parables
Incensed at the children's praise; question Jesus' authority and perceive His parables are against them
Come with the chief priests to challenge by what authority Jesus acts in the temple
Seeing Jesus' wonders and the children crying Hosanna in the temple, they are incensed
Hearing the parables, they know Jesus speaks of them, and seek to seize Him but fear the crowds
His baptism is the test Jesus poses; held by all the people to be a prophet
Timeline
Jesus humbly enters Jerusalem mounted on an ass while the crowds strew branches and garments, shouting Hosanna to the Son of David.
Matthew 21:1-11Jesus drives out the money changers and sellers from the temple, declaring they have made His house of prayer into a den of plunderers.
Matthew 21:12-17Jesus speaks against the religious leaders by describing wicked tenants who kill the landowner's son, warning that the kingdom will be taken from them.
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