Temple Cleansed

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning

AD 30

Traditional reckoning

AD 30

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

• Matthew 21:12–17
• Mark 11:15–19
• Luke 19:45–48

Who was there, and where?

• Jesus Christ

Where: Jerusalem.

Which verses connect to Matthew 21:12?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

1. John 2:14–1727 votes

   In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. …

2. Luke 19:45–4715 votes

   Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” …

3. Mark 11:15–1814 votes

   When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. …

4. Leviticus 1:1410 votes

   If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.

5. Leviticus 5:78 votes

   If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

6. Luke 2:247 votes

   and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”