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# Connecting Statement:
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This begins the account of Jesus entering into the temple.
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# General Information:
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In verse 13, Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah to rebuke the vendors and money changers.
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# Jesus entered the temple
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Jesus did not enter the actual temple. He entered the courtyard around the temple. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# who bought and sold
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Merchants were selling animals and other items that travelers bought to offer the proper sacrifices at the temple.
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# He said to them
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"Jesus said to those who were changing money and buying and selling things"
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# It is written
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "The prophets wrote long ago" or "God said long ago" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# My house will be called
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "My house will be" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# My house
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Here "My" refers to God and "house" refers to the temple.
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# house of prayer
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This is an idiom. AT: "a place where people pray" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# den of robbers
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Jesus uses a metaphor to scold the people for buying and selling items in the temple. AT: "like a place where robbers hide" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# the blind and the lame
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These nominal adjectives can be stated as adjectives. AT: "those who were blind and those who were lame" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# lame
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to have an injured foot or leg that makes walking difficult |