Joyful Heart Renewal Ministries Search
Bible Studies Articles and Stories Bible Study Books Easter Articles and Stories Christmas Articles & Stories

Home

Holy Week
Palm Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday

Maundy Thursday
Last Supper
The Garden

Good Friday
Chief Priests
Pilate and Herod
Via Dolorosa
Crucifixion
Death
Burial

Easter Sunday
Resurrection
Appearances

Good Friday, Easter, and Holy Week articles and short stories

Spacer

Jesus Chases the Merchants and Money Changers from the Temple, thus Cleansing the Temple

Previous Painting Next Painting
Tissot, Jesus Chases the Merchants and Money Changers from the Temple, thus Cleansing the Temple 15 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, 16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

17 And as he taught them, he said, "Is it not written:

  "'My house
  will be called a
  house of prayer
  for all nations'?

But you have made it 'a den of robbers.'" Mark 11:15-17

 

 

Paintings by by James Jacques Tissot (French painter and illustrator, 1836-1902). Biography. Nearly all of Tissot's paintings of the Life of Christ (1884-1896) are rendered in opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper and are owned by the Brooklyn Museum, New York.



AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Copyright © 1985-2010 Ralph F. Wilson. <pastor@joyfulheart.com> All rights reserved. A single copy of this article is free. Do not put this on a website. See legal, copyright, and reprint information.

Sign up now! To be notified about future articles, stories, and Bible studies, why don't you subscribe to our free newsletter, The Joyful Heart, by placing your e-mail address in the box below. We respect your privacy and never sell, rent, or loan our lists. Please don't subscribe your friends; let them decide for themselves.
First Last
E-mail
Country (2-letter abbreviation, such as US)
Preferred Format Plain text HTML

Celtic Cross
Home | Search | New | Jesus | Maturity | Encouragement | Evangelism | Church | Communion | Planting | Holiday | Christmas | Easter | Scholarly | Misc | JesusWalk Bible Study Series | Contact Us

Joyful Heart Renewal Ministries
JesusWalk
® Publications

Dr. Ralph F. Wilson, Director
Contact Information