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Mark 11:15
New English Translation
Mark 11:15
New English Translation
Cleansing the Temple
15 Then[a] they came to Jerusalem. Jesus[b] entered the temple area[c] and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts.[d] He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,
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- Mark 11:15 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
- Mark 11:15 tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Mark 11:15 tn Grk “the temple.”sn The merchants (those who were selling) would have been located in the Court of the Gentiles.
- Mark 11:15 tn Grk “the temple.”sn Matthew (21:12-27), Mark (here, 11:15-19), and Luke (19:45-46) record this incident of the temple cleansing at the end of Jesus’ ministry. John (2:13-16) records a cleansing of the temple at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. See the note on the word temple courts in John 2:14 for a discussion of the relationship of these accounts to one another.
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