{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.12.12.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 12:12","href":"/jhn/12/#v12-calvin","text":"Matthew 21:1","snippet":"This entrance of Christ is more copiously related (Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29) by the other Evangelists; but John here embraces the leading points."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.12.14.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 12:14","href":"/jhn/12/#v14-calvin","text":"Matthew 21:1","snippet":"This part of the history is more minutely related by the other Evangelists, who tell us, that Christ sent two of his disciples to bring an ass, (Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.45.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:45","href":"/jhn/1/#v45-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 1","snippet":"Comp. Matt. xxi. 1 1 ; and ch. vi. 42 (vii. 42)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.1.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:1","href":"/jhn/12/#v1-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 1","snippet":"See Matt. xxi. 1, note."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.11.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:11","href":"/jhn/12/#v11-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 1","snippet":"And yet in each case there is the sign of a break: Matt. xxi. 1; Luke xix. 29."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.12.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:12","href":"/jhn/12/#v12-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 1","snippet":"The whole narrative must be compared with Matt. xxi. 1 ff. ; Mark xi. 1 ff. : Luke xix. 29 ff. in order to gain a sense of the tumultuous excitement of the scene."}],"2":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.12.12-14.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 12:12–14","href":"/jhn/12/#v12-chrysostom","text":"Matt. xxi. 2","snippet":"But how say the others, that He sent disciples, and said, “Loose the ass and the colt” ( Matt. xxi. 2 ), while John saith nothing of the kind, but that “having found a young ass, He sat upon it”?"}],"3":[],"4":[],"5":[],"6":[],"7":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.12.14.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 12:14","href":"/jhn/12/#v14-ryle","text":"Matt. xxi. 7","snippet":"(Matt. xxi. 7."}],"8":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.12.12-14.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 12:12–14","href":"/jhn/12/#v12-chrysostom","text":"Matt. xxi. 8","snippet":"And another Evangelist saith, that they strewed their garments under His feet ( Matt. xxi. 8 ), and that “the whole city was moved” ( Matt. xxi. 10 ); with so great honor did He enter."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.13.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:13","href":"/jhn/12/#v13-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 8","snippet":"In Matt. xxi. 8; Mark xi. 8, the language is more general: \" branches ...\" or \"litter ... from the trees."}],"9":[],"10":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.12.12-14.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 12:12–14","href":"/jhn/12/#v12-chrysostom","text":"Matt. xxi. 10","snippet":"And another Evangelist saith, that they strewed their garments under His feet ( Matt. xxi. 8 ), and that “the whole city was moved” ( Matt. xxi. 10 ); with so great honor did He enter."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.48.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:48","href":"/jhn/1/#v48-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 10","snippet":"the fig tree] which would be in leaf about this time (Matt. xxi. 10 tt'., ch. ii. 13)."}],"11":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.7.27.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 7:27","href":"/jhn/7/#v27-ryle","text":"Matt. xxi. 11","snippet":"(Matt. xxi. 11."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.9.17.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 9:17","href":"/jhn/9/#v17-ryle","text":"Matt. xxi. 11","snippet":"Thus the multitude which escorted Him into Jerusalem said, \" This is Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth,\" (Matt. xxi. 11 ;) and again, \"The multitude took Him for a Prophet,\" (Matt. xxi. 46;) and again, \" Others said it is a Prophet,\" (Mark vi. 16 ;) and again \" A great Prophet Is risen up among us."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.6.14.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 6:14","href":"/jhn/6/#v14-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 11","snippet":"Yet see Matt. xxi. 11, and Acts vii. 37."}],"12":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.2.12.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 2:12","href":"/jhn/2/#v12-calvin","text":"Matthew 21:12","snippet":"On two occasions, then, did Christ cleanse the temple from base and profane merchandise; once, when he was beginning to discharge his commission, and another time, (Matthew 21:12; Mark 11:15; Luke 19:45,) when he was about to leave the world and go to the Father, (John 16:28.)"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.13-22.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:13–22","href":"/jhn/2/#v13-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 12","snippet":"The Synoptists narrate a cleansing of the temple as having taken place on the day of the triumphal entry into Jerusalem before the last passover (Matt. xxi. 12 ff. ; Mark xi. 15 ff.; Luke xix. 45 ff.)."}],"13":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.2.16.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 2:16","href":"/jhn/2/#v16-calvin","text":"Matthew 21:13","snippet":"At the second time that he drove the traders out of the Temple, the Evangelists relate that he used sharper and more severe language; for he said, that they had made the Temple of God a den of robbers, (Matthew 21:13;) and this was proper to be done, when a milder chastisement was of no avail."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.10.41.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 10:41","href":"/jhn/10/#v41-calvin","text":"Matthew 21:13","snippet":"And indeed this was a dreadful vengeance of God, that, while the temple chosen by God was a den of robbers, (Jeremiah 7:11; Matthew 21:13,) the Church of God was collected in a despised place."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.16.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:16","href":"/jhn/2/#v16-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 13","snippet":"bouse of merchandise'] Contrast Matt. xxi. 13 (a den of robbers)."}],"14":[{"id":"henry.JHN.12.37.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 12:37","href":"/jhn/12/#v37-henry","text":"Matt. xxi. 14","snippet":"This refers to all the miracles he had wrought formerly; nay, the blind and lame now came to him into the temple, and he healed them, Matt. xxi. 14."}],"15":[],"16":[],"17":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.12.1.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 12:1","href":"/jhn/12/#v1-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 17","snippet":"(Matt. xxi. 17; Mark xi. 11."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.18.1.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 18:1","href":"/jhn/18/#v1-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 17","snippet":"… from the limits of the city (comp. 1 K. ii. 37), probably in the direction of the present St Stephen's Gate, by the same route as on other days when He went to the Mount of Olives (Luke xxi. 37, xxii. 39; Mark xi. 19; Matt. xxi. 17); but now Jerusalem was left."}],"18":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.4.6-8.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 4:6–8","href":"/jhn/4/#v6-chrysostom","text":"Matt. xxi. 18","snippet":"… 6 ), they thought that it was because they carried no bread; and when he introduces them plucking the ears of corn, and eating ( Matt. xii. 1 ), and when he saith that Jesus came to the fig-tree by reason of hunger ( Matt. xxi. 18 ), it is for nothing else but only to instruct us by all these to despise the belly, and not to deem that its service is anxiously to be attended to."}],"19":[],"20":[],"21":[],"22":[],"23":[{"id":"bengel.JHN.2.18.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 2:18","href":"/jhn/2/#v18-bengel","text":"Matt. xxi. 23","snippet":"They showed the same perversity, ch. vi. 30, [After His miracle of feeding 5000, they said] “ What sign showest Thou then, that we may see and believe Thee ?” Matt. xxi. 23, “ The chief priests came unto Him, as He was teaching in the temple, and said, By what authority doest Thou these things? and who gave Thee this authority ?” ... seeing that, since."},{"id":"bengel.JHN.2.19.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 2:19","href":"/jhn/2/#v19-bengel","text":"Matt. xxi. 23","snippet":"destroy) On account of this very deed, namely, the cleansing of the temple, they afterwards destroyed the temple of His body. Matt. xxi. 23 [see above], 46, “They sought to lay hands on Him ;” xxvii. 40, [They that passed by reviled, saying] “ Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save Thyself;” xxvi. 61, [False witnesses said, in …"},{"id":"ryle.JHN.5.34.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 5:34","href":"/jhn/5/#v34-ryle","text":"Matt. xxi. 23","snippet":"(See Matt. xxi. 23 — 27.)"},{"id":"westcott.JHN.2.18.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 2:18","href":"/jhn/2/#v18-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 23","snippet":"Comp. Matt. xxi. 23."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.10.32.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 10:32","href":"/jhn/10/#v32-westcott","text":"Matt xxi. 23","snippet":"for which] The interrogation marks quality ... and not simple definition ..., Matt xxi. 23 5 Acts iv. 7."}],"24":[],"25":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.9.29.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 9:29","href":"/jhn/9/#v29-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 25","snippet":"Comp. Matt. xxi. 25."}],"26":[],"27":[],"28":[],"29":[],"30":[],"31":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.8.5.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 8:5","href":"/jhn/8/#v5-ryle","text":"Matt. xxi. 31","snippet":"(Matt. xxi. 31.)"}],"32":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.1.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:1","href":"/jhn/4/#v1-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 32","snippet":"Cf. Matt. xxi. 32."}],"33":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.15.1.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 15:1","href":"/jhn/15/#v1-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 33","snippet":"But yet more than this, the vine was the symbol of the ancient Church (Hos. x. 1 ; Isai. v. 1 ff.; Jer. ii. 21 ; Ezek. xv. 2 ff., xix. 10 ff.; Ps. lxxx. 8 ff.; comp. Matt. xxi. 33 ; Luke xiii. 6; [Rev. xiv. 18 ff.])."}],"34":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.31.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:31","href":"/jhn/20/#v31-westcott","text":"xxi. 34, 36","snippet":"Matt. x. 5, 16, xxi. 34, 36, xxiii. 37; Mark vi. 7; Luke ix. 2, xxii. 35."}],"35":[],"36":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.20.31.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 20:31","href":"/jhn/20/#v31-westcott","text":"xxi. 34, 36","snippet":"Matt. x. 5, 16, xxi. 34, 36, xxiii. 37; Mark vi. 7; Luke ix. 2, xxii. 35."}],"37":[],"38":[],"39":[],"40":[],"41":[],"42":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.16.20.3","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 16:20","href":"/jhn/16/#v20-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 42","snippet":"turned into ...] Comp. Matt. xxi. 42 ; Luke xiii. 19 ; Acts iv. 11, v. 36 ; 1 Pet. ii. 7; Rom. xi. 9; 1 Cor. xv. 45; Rev. viii. 11, xvi. 19."}],"43":[],"44":[],"45":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.32.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:32","href":"/jhn/7/#v32-westcott","text":"Matt. xxi. 45","snippet":"The combination occurs also in St Matthew: Matt. xxi. 45, xxvii. 62."}],"46":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.9.17.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 9:17","href":"/jhn/9/#v17-ryle","text":"Matt. xxi. 46","snippet":"Thus the multitude which escorted Him into Jerusalem said, \" This is Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth,\" (Matt. xxi. 11 ;) and again, \"The multitude took Him for a Prophet,\" (Matt. xxi. 46;) and again, \" Others said it is a Prophet,\" (Mark vi. 16 ;) and again \" A great Prophet Is risen up among us."}]}}