Ver. 14. “ And he found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting.

The article the before the terms designating the sellers and money-changers, which Ostervald omits with other translators, sets forth this office as a known one; they are the habitual, and in a sense licensed sellers and money-changers. The three sorts of animals mentioned were the ones most habitually used for the sacrifices. Κερματιστής, money-changer, from κέρμα, piece of money.

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