Cleansing of the Temple

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New Testament episode biblical narrative event in the life of Jesus

The Cleansing of the Temple is a New Testament episode in which Jesus drives out merchants and money changers from the Jerusalem Temple, condemning the commercialization of sacred worship.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple	3
Cleansing of the Temple canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Testament episode ⓘ biblical narrative ⓘ event in the life of Jesus ⓘ
artisticDepiction	common subject in Christian art ⓘ
associatedWithQuote	My house shall be called a house of prayer ⓘ You have made it a den of robbers ⓘ
biblicalReference	John 2:13–17 ⓘ Luke 19:45–46 ⓘ Mark 11:15–17 ⓘ Matthew 21:12–13 ⓘ
category	Events in the Gospels ⓘ New Testament miracles and signs ⓘ
chronologicalPlacement	near the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in the Gospel of John ⓘ near the end of Jesus’ ministry in the Synoptic Gospels ⓘ
describedIn	Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
featuresAction	condemning buying and selling in the Temple ⓘ driving out merchants ⓘ overturning tables of money changers ⓘ
hasMainSubject	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus
hasOutcome	heightened conflict between Jesus and religious leaders ⓘ
hasTheme	condemnation of commercialization of worship ⓘ critique of religious corruption ⓘ purity of the Temple ⓘ zeal for God’s house ⓘ
interpretedAs	challenge to Temple authorities ⓘ symbolic act against economic exploitation ⓘ
involvesObject	seats of those who sold doves ⓘ tables of money changers ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Koine Greek ⓘ
liturgicalUse	read in Holy Week in many Christian traditions ⓘ
portraysCharacter	merchants selling animals for sacrifice ⓘ money changers ⓘ
relatedConcept	Temple cleansing ⓘ den of thieves ⓘ house of prayer for all nations ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Second Temple Judaism ⓘ
significanceInTheology	example of prophetic protest ⓘ prefiguration of judgment on the Temple ⓘ sign of Jesus’ authority over the Temple ⓘ
takesPlaceIn	Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Jerusalem Temple Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
timeContext	Second Temple Judaism ⓘ surface form: Second Temple period

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Input

Subject: Cleansing of the Temple
Description of subject: The Cleansing of the Temple is a New Testament episode in which Jesus drives out merchants and money changers from the Jerusalem Temple, condemning the commercialization of sacred worship.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem → precedesEvent → Cleansing of the Temple ⓘ

Theodoor Rombouts → notableWork → Cleansing of the Temple ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Valentin de Boulogne → notableWork → Cleansing of the Temple ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple

Bartolomeo Manfredi → notableWork → Cleansing of the Temple ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple