John 2:15

John 2:15

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

13 ^aNow the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

14 ^aAnd He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers¹ doing business.

15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.

16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make ^aMy Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, ^a“Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”

18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, ^a“What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”

19 Jesus answered and said to them, ^a“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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small cords—likely some of the rushes spread for bedding, and when twisted used to tie up the cattle there collected. "Not by this slender whip but by divine majesty was the ejection accomplished, the whip being but a sign of the scourge of divine anger" [GROTIUS].

poured out . . . overthrew—thus expressing the mingled indignation and authority of the impulse.

John 2:14-17

CHRIST'S FIRST PASSOVER—FIRST CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. (John 2:13-25)

in the temple—not the temple itself, as John 2:19-21, but the temple-court.

sold oxen, etc.—for the convenience of those who had to offer them in sacrifice.

changers of money—of Roman into Jewish money, in which the temple dues (see on Matthew 17:24) had to be paid.

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 2:15:**

Isaiah 59:17
Luke 19:45-46
John 2:14-17

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