The First Cleansing of the Temple

14. in the temple i.e. within the sacred enclosure, in the Court of the Gentiles. The traffic would be very great at the approach of the Passover. The account is very graphic, as of an eyewitness. Note especially -the changers of money sitting:" the sellers of cattle, &c., would stand.

changers of money Not the same Greek word as in John 2:15. There the word points to the commission paid on exchanges; here the word indicates a change from large to small coins.

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