*Minor differences ignored. Grouped by changes, with first version listed as example.
See the notes at Matthew 21:12-13.
Went into the temple - See all this transaction explained, Matthew 21:12-16 (note).
(10) And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
(10) Christ shows after his entry into Jerusalem by a visible sign that it is his duty, given and admonished unto him by his Father, to purge the temple.
And he went into the temple,.... Being come into the city, he alighted from the colt he rode on, and having committed it to the care of a proper person to return it to the owner, he went up directly to the temple, of which he was the Lord and proprietor, and where he had some work to do the few days he had to live.
And began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; that traded in sheep, and oxen, and doves; see John 2:15. The Ethiopic version adds here, as there, "and overthrew, the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves".
SECOND CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE AND SUBSEQUENT TEACHING. (Luke 19:45-48)
As the first cleansing was on His first visit to Jerusalem (John 2:13-22), so this second cleansing was on His last.
den of thieves--banded together for plunder, reckless of principle. The mild term "house of merchandise," used on the former occasion, was now unsuitable.
He cast out them that sold. An act of kingly authority. See notes on Matthew 21:12-15 and Mark 11:18-19.
For the people all hung upon him. His popularity with the people made it difficult for his enemies to carry out their purposes.
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