Commentaries on Mark 11:17

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And he taught, saying unto them, is it not written,.... In Isaiah 56:7. My house shall be called of all nations, the house of prayer? For not only the Jews went up to the temple to pray, see Lu 18:10, but the Gentiles also, who became of the Jewish religion, and had a court built for that purpose; and so the whole temple, from hence, was called an house of prayer: and the meaning is, not only...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

We are now come to the Passion-Week, the week in which Christ died, and the great occurrences of that week. I. Christ's riding in triumph into Jerusalem, ver. 1-11. II. His cursing the barren fig-tree, ver. 12-14. III. His driving those out of the temple that turned it into an exchange, ver. 15-19. IV. His discourse with his disciples concerning the power of faith and the efficacy of prayer, on...