It is impossible not to see how completely, from the blind men of Jericho, it is the presentation of Messiah to Jerusalem—not a work among the poor of the flock, but a final presenting of Messiah, and Jewish. Here, even the Temple is “a house of prayer," not adding "for all nations." The riding in is evident—the cursing the fig tree—and then the details of the controversy. The judgment of the Lord, as the Stone which the builders rejected, closes this. We get details of controversy with different classes afterward, but this is the sentence of the nation as such.
13. Not 'The house of prayer,' but “A house of prayer."