according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.

And meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah, and were wondering at his delay in the temple.

But when he came out, he was unable to speak to them; and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple, and he repeatedly made signs to them, and remained speechless.

Jesus Presented at the Temple

And when eight days were completed so that it was time for His circumcision, He was also named Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

And he came by the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to carry out for Him the custom of the Law,

and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She did not leave the temple grounds, serving night and day with fasts and prayers.

Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions.

And he brought Him into Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;

“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

Traders Driven from the Temple

And Jesus entered the temple grounds and began to drive out those who were selling,

And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to put Him to death,

Jesus’ Authority Questioned

On one of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders confronted Him,

The Widow’s Gift

Now He looked up and saw the wealthy putting their gifts into the temple treasury.

And while some were talking about the temple, that it was decorated with beautiful stones and vowed gifts, He said,

Now during the day He was teaching in the temple, but at evening He would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.

And all the people would get up very early in the morning to come to Him in the temple to listen to Him.

And Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a man inciting a revolt?

While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”

because the sun stopped shining; and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

and were continually in the temple praising God.