Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Driving of the Merchants From the Temple by Scarsellino. In the narrative, Jesus is stated to have visited the Temple in Jerusalem, where the courtyard was described as being filled with livestock, merchants, and the tables of the money changers, who changed the standard Greek and Roman money for Jewish and Tyrian shekels. [6]
The people are amazed by Jesus and his teaching, which drives the chief priests to plot to kill him. Jesus and his group however leave the city at the end of the day. The incident with the money changers is recorded in all the Gospels. The synoptics have basically the same story as Mark.
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, [20] "Money changers": are certain people who sat in the temple at
The money changers' depiction has been reduced to a few terrified and frightened sinners and one single person trying to take away the coins in fear. El Greco's influences came from multiple sources, trained in the Byzantine tradition, he specifically used elements of elongated forms and the flattened plane of view.
Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple is a painting by El Greco, from 1568, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in the United States. [1] It depicts the Cleansing of the Temple , an event in the Life of Christ .
Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple is a 1600 painting by El Greco, now in the National Gallery in London, England. [1] It depicts the Cleansing of the Temple , an event in the Life of Christ .
The story of Jesus overturning the tables of the money changers in the Second Temple is related next. Jesus and his disciples go to Jerusalem for the " Passover of the Jews", [ 34 ] the first of three visits to Jerusalem recounted in this gospel, the others being in John 7 , [ 35 ] where he goes for the Feast of Tabernacles , and the final ...
Money changers would assess a foreign coin for its type, wear and tear, and validity, then accept it as deposit, recording its value in local currency. The merchant could then withdraw the money in local currency to conduct trade or, more likely, keep it deposited: the money changer would act as a clearing facility .