SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:17
Y les enseaba diciendo: ¿No est escrito que mi Casa, Casa de oracin ser llamada por todas las naciones? Y vosotros la habis hecho cueva de ladrones.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Mark 11:17
Verse 17. And he taught-them] See on Matt. xxi. 12.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. And he taught, saying unto them, is it not written , etc..] 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 Luke 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 that it should be called so by the Gentiles, but that it should be so to them, and made use of by them as such. Jarchi's note on the clause in ( Isaiah 56:7) is, not for Israel only, but also for the proselytes. But ye have made it a den of thieves ; for no other, in our Lord's esteem, were the buyers and sellers of sheep, oxen, and doves, and the money changers, and the priests that encouraged them, and had a profit out of them: now these had their seats, shops, and tables, within the mountain of the house; and even in that part of it, which was assigned to the Gentiles, the nations of the world, who became proselytes, and came up to Jerusalem to worship there at certain times; (see Gill on Matthew 21:13).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-18 - Christ looked to find some fruit, for the time of gathering figs though it was near, was not yet come; but he found none. He made thi fig-tree an example, not to the trees, but to the men of tha generation. It was a figure of the doom upon the Jewish church, to which he came seeking fruit, but found none. Christ went to the temple and began to reform the abuses in its courts, to show that when the Redeemer came to Zion, it was to turn away ungodliness from Jacob. The scribes and the chief priests sought, not how they might make their peace with him, but how they might destroy him. A desperate attempt which they could not but fear was fighting against God.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ εδιδασκεν 1321 5707 V-IAI-3S λεγων 3004 5723 V-PAP-NSM αυτοις 846 P-DPM ου 3756 PRT-N γεγραπται 1125 5769 V-RPI-3S οτι 3754 CONJ ο 3588 T-NSM οικος 3624 N-NSM μου 3450 P-1GS οικος 3624 N-NSM προσευχης 4335 N-GSF κληθησεται 2564 5701 V-FPI-3S πασιν 3956 A-DPN τοις 3588 T-DPN εθνεσιν 1484 N-DPN υμεις 5210 P-2NP δε 1161 CONJ εποιησατε 4160 5656 V-AAI-2P αυτον 846 P-ASM σπηλαιον 4693 N-ASN ληστων 3027 N-GPM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
17. Of all nations. Which rendering implies, shall be called by all nations. But render with Rev., a house of prayer for all the nations (pasin toiv eqnesin).Thieves (lhstwn). Rev., correctly, robbers. See on Matt. xxi. 13; xxvi. 55; John x. 1, 8. From lhiv or leia, booty. In classical usage mostly of cattle. The robber, conducting his operations on a large and systematic scale, and with the aid of bands, is thus to be distinguished from the klepthv, or thief who purloins or pilfers whatever comes to hand. A den would be appropriate to a band of robbers, not to thieves. Thus the traveler to Jericho, in Christ's parable (Luke x. 30), fell among robbers, not thieves
Robertson's NT Word Studies
11:17 {For all the nations} (pasin tois eqnesin). Mark alone has this phrase from #Isa 56:7; Jer 7:11. The people as well as the temple authorities were guilty of graft, extortion, and desecration of the house of prayer. Jesus assumes and exercises Messianic authority and dares to smite this political and financial abuse. Some people deny the right of the preacher to denounce such abuses in business and politics even when they invade the realm of morals and religion. But Jesus did not hesitate.
