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he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
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Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple.
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When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
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Jesus Presented in the Temple
When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
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Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required,
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and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
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The Boy Jesus at the Temple
Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover.
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After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
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The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down from here.
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“Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
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Jesus at the Temple
When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.
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Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.
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The Authority of Jesus Questioned
One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him.
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The Widow’s Offering
As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury.
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The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times
Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said,
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Each day Jesus was teaching at the temple, and each evening he went out to spend the night on the hill called the Mount of Olives,
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and all the people came early in the morning to hear him at the temple.
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And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.
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Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs?
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Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns.”
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for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
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And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God.
