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The cleansing of the Temple narrative tells of Jesus expelling the money changers from the Temple, and occurs in all four canonical gospels of the New Testament. In this account, Jesus and his disciples travel to Jerusalem for Passover, where Jesus expels the money changers from the Temple, accusing them of turning the Temple into a den of thieves through their commercial activities.〔Sanders, E. P. The historical figure of Jesus. Penguin, 1993.〕〔Ehrman, Bart D.. Jesus, Interrupted, HarperCollins, 2009. ISBN 0-06-117393-2〕 In the Gospel of John Jesus refers to the Temple as "my Father’s house", thus, making a claim to being the Son of God.〔''The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia'' by Geoffrey W. Bromiley 1988 ISBN 0-8028-3785-9 page 571–572〕 The narrative occurs near the end of the Synoptic Gospels (at , , and ) and near the start in the Gospel of John (at ). Some scholars believe that these refer to two separate incidents, given that the Gospel of John also includes more than one Passover.〔''The Bible knowledge background commentary'' by Craig A. Evans 2005 ISBN 0-7814-4228-1 page 49〕 == Description == Jesus is stated to have visited the Temple in Jerusalem, Herod's Temple, where the courtyard is described as being filled with livestock and the tables of the money changers, who changed the standard Greek and Roman money for Jewish and Tyrian money.〔 Jerusalem was packed with Jews who had come for Passover, perhaps numbering 300,000 to 400,000 pilgrims.〔Sanders, E. P. The historical figure of Jesus. Penguin, 1993. p. 249〕〔Funk, Robert W. and the Jesus Seminar. ''The acts of Jesus: the search for the authentic deeds of Jesus.'' HarperSanFrancisco. 1998.〕 In John, this is the first of the three times that Jesus goes to Jerusalem for the Passover, and John says that during the Passover Feast there were (unspecified) miraculous signs performed by Jesus, which caused people to believe "in his name", but that he would "not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men".〔〔 In and Jesus accused the Temple authorities of thieving and this time names poor widows as their victims, going on to provide evidence of this in and . Dove sellers were selling doves that were sacrificed by the poor who could not afford grander sacrifices and specifically by women. According to , Jesus then put an embargo on people carrying any merchandise through the Temple—a sanction that would have disrupted all commerce.〔〔''The Fourth Gospel And the Quest for Jesus'' by Paul N. Anderson 2006 ISBN 0-567-04394-0 page 158〕 This occurred in the outermost court of the gentiles. Gentile money could not be used at the Temple because of the graven images on it. says the Temple leaders questioned Jesus if he was aware the children were shouting "Hosanna to the Son of David." Jesus responded by saying "from the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise." This phrase incorporates a phrase from the , "from the lips of children and infants," believed by followers to be an admission of divinity by Jesus, thus confirming his divinity via prooftexting the Old Testament.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cleansing of the Temple」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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