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Luke 19:45-48
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45When Jesus entered the
temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling.
46“It is written,” he said to
them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of
robbers.’”
47Every 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.
48Yet they could not find any
way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
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1)
According to
verse 45 what did Jesus begin to do when he entered the temple courts?
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Jesus began to
drive out those who were selling.
2)
Why were people
selling in the temple courts, given that people traveled long distances to
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People
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Did not want to
bring animals along.
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And preferred to
purchase them in
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 46 how was the proper and sacred use of the temple in accordance
with what is written in the Old Testament abused?
o
It is written in
the Old Testament: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’
o
But they had made
it ‘a den of robbers’.
4)
According to
verse 47 what were the chief priests, the
teachers of the law and the leaders among the people trying to do to Jesus as he
was teaching at the temple every day?
o
They were trying
to kill Jesus.
5)
Why were the
Jewish religious leaders trying to kill Jesus?
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It is because
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The temple was
under the authority of the Jewish religious leaders.
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And Jesus was infringing
upon their authority.
6)
According to
verse 48 why could the Jewish religious leaders not find any way to
kill Jesus?
o
It is because all
the people hung on Jesus’ words.
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Luke 19:45-48
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