Matthew 21:15

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,

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But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,

BSB

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

KJV

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,

ASV

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation,

BBE

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the works of power which he did, and the children crying out in the Temple, Glory to the son of David, they were angry and said to him,

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ἰδόντες idontes Having seen G1492 δὲ de now G1161 οἱ hoi the G3588 ἀρχιερεῖς archiereis chief priests G749 καὶ kai and G2532 οἱ hoi the G3588 γραμματεῖς grammateis scribes G1122 τὰ ta the G3588 θαυμάσια thaumasia wonders G2297 ἃ ha that G3739 ἐποίησεν epoiēsen He did G4160 καὶ kai and G2532 τοὺς tous the G3588 παῖδας paidas children G3816 τοὺς tous who G3588 κράζοντας krazontas are crying out G2896 ἐν en in G1722 τῷ tō the G3588 ἱερῷ hi'erō temple G2411 καὶ kai and G2532 λέγοντας legontas saying G3004 ὡσαννὰ hōsanna Hosanna G5614 τῷ tō to the G3588 υἱῷ huiō Son G5207 Δαυίδ Dauid of David G1138 ἠγανάκτησαν ēganaktēsan they were indignant G23

The early church

For, not daring to lay hands on Him, the Priests defame his works, and the testimony of the children who cried, Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, as though this might be said to none but to the Son of God only. Let then Bishops and all holy men take heed how they suffer these things to be said to them, if this is charged as a fault in Him who is truly Lord to whom this was said, because the faith of the believers was not yet confirmed.
Jerome · d. 420Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
For as a pillar a little out of the perpendicular, if more weight be laid upon it, is driven to lean still more to one side; so also the heart of man when once turned aside, is only stirred the more with jealousy by seeing or hearing deeds of some righteous man. In this way the Priests were stirred up against Christ, and said, Hearest thou what these say?
Pseudo-Chrysostom · d. 500Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 12–17

Christ found some of the courts of the temple turned into a market for cattle and things used in the sacrifices, and partly occupied by the money-changers. Our Lord drove them from the place, as he had done at his entering upon his ministry, Joh 2:13-17. His works testified of him more than the hosannas; and his healing in the temple was the fulfilling the promise, that the glory of the latter house should be greater than the glory of the former. If Christ came now into many parts of his visible church, how many secret evils he would discover and cleanse! And how many things daily practised under the cloak of religion, would he show to be more suitable to a den of thieves than to a house of prayer!

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Jesus, The ChristChildrenTempleScribe (S)Hosanna

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