said unto them that sold doves The doves could not be driven out. He calls to the owners to take the cages away. Comp. Luke 2:24.

my Father's house A distinct claim to Messiahship: it reminds us of -about My Father's business" (which may also mean -in My Father's house") spoken in the same place some 17 years before, Luke 2:49. Possibly some who heard the Child's claim heard the Man's claim also.

an house of merchandise Two years later things seem to have grown worse instead of better; the Temple has then become -a den of robbers" or -a bandits" cave." See notes on Matthew 21:13 and Mark 11:17.

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