Jesus Cleanses the Temple
Taken from Luke for Everyone
author: Tom Wright
contributor: SPCK - N T Wright
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Jesus Cleanses the Temple
At last it is Jesus’ turn to cry. Earlier in the gospel we find other people in tears: the widow at Nain, Jairus’s family, and others in distress coming to him for healing and new life. The women of Jerusalem will shortly be weeping for Jesus himself (23. 27). But Jesus is not immune to tears. In John’s gospel, Jesus weeps at the tomb of his friend Lazarus (John 11.35). Now here he weeps over the city, and there is no one to console him...
Taken from Luke for Everyone – by Tom Wright
Publisher: SPCK - view more
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