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Christ Driving the Moneychangers from the Temple, 1626 by Rembrandt
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Rembrandt was especially praised by his contemporaries, who extolled
him as a masterful interpreter of biblical stories for his skill in
representing emotions and attention to detail.
In later years, biblical themes were still depicted often, but
emphasis shifted from dramatic group scenes to intimate portrait-like
figures (James the Apostle, 1661). In his last years, Rembrandt
painted his most deeply reflective self-portraits (from 1652 to 1669
he painted fifteen), and several moving images of both men and women.
The Biblical account of "Christ Driving out the
moneychangers from: Matthew 21:12–17
MT 21:12 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,
MT 21:13 And said unto them, It is
written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have
made it a den of thieves.
MT 21:14 And the blind and the lame
came to him in the temple; and he healed them.
MT 21:15 And when the chief priests and
scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying
in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore
displeased,
MT 21:16 And said unto him, Hearest
thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never
read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected
praise?
MT 21:17 And he left them, and went out
of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
Mark 11:15–19
MR 11:15 And they come to
Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them
that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the
moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
MR 11:16 And would not suffer that any
man should carry any vessel through the temple.
MR 11:17 And he taught, saying unto
them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the
house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Luke 19:45–48
LU 19:45 And he went into the temple,
and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
LU 19:46 Saying unto them, It is
written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of
thieves.
LU 19:47 And he taught daily in the
temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the
people sought to destroy him,
LU 19:48 And could not find what they
might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
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