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The Pulpit Commentary - John 2:14

He found in the temple ( ἱερόν ); the vast enclosure, surrounded by colonnades, where the courts of the Gentiles were situated beyond and outside the courts of "the women" and "the priests." Within the latter was the sanctuary ( ναός ) , or sacred adytum, where the altars of sacrifice and incense faced the veil of the holiest of all. In the court of the temple had been allowed a secular market for sacrificial beasts. An exchange for money was also set up,where Jews were ready to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 2:14-17

The vindication of a desecrated temple. High purposes were subserved by the exercise of the Saviour's authority both at the beginning and at the close of his ministry. If there was in this conduct an evidential meaning for the Jews, there was also a symbolical meaning for all time. I. IN WHAT THE HOLINESS OF THE TEMPLE CONSISTED . 1 . The true answer to this inquiry is to be found in the language of the Lord himself. The temple was his Father ' s house. It was... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 2:14

Found in the temple ... - The transaction here recorded is in almost all respects similar to that which has been explained in the notes at Matthew 21:12. This took place at the commencement of his public ministry; that at the close. On each occasion he showed that his great regard was for the pure worship of his Father; and one great design of his coming was to reform the abuses which had crept into that worship, and to bring man to a proper regard for the glory of God. If it be asked how it... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 2:14

John 2:14. And found in the temple those that sold oxen, &c. Used for sacrifice. It seems the officers, whose province it was to take care of the temple, permitted a market of these animals, and other things necessary for sacrifice, to be kept in the court of the Gentiles, in order that the worshippers might be supplied with victims requisite for the altar. The consequence of which was, that there was often such a bustle and confusion there, that the proselytes who came to worship could... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 2:13-25

EARLY WORK IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA20. Cleansing the temple (John 2:13-25)From Capernaum Jesus went to Jerusalem for the Passover (John 2:13). When he visited the temple he found that its outer court (the Court of the Gentiles) was crowded with Jewish merchants and money changers. The merchants were selling animals for sacrifice, and the money changers were exchanging foreign money for money acceptable to the temple authorities. The place looked more like a market than a place of prayer. Jesus was... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 2:14

temple. Greek. hieron. See note on Matthew 23:16 . those. Denoting a class. changers of money . Greek. Plural of kermatistes. Occurs only here. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 2:14

And he found in the temple, those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting.These animals and birds were required offerings in the Jewish sacrifices, but the worshipers were required to purchase them from the temple functionaries and were not allowed to bring their own; and even in circumstances where the worshiper might have been permitted to bring his own offering, the element of convenience naturally turned all to the supply provided by the temple. Also, the only... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 2:14

John 2:14. And found in the temple— Moses, in Deu 14:24-25 from considering the necessity of the Jews resorting to the capital of their country, and the inconveniences which would attend the driving the cattle which were to be offered, and could be offered only there, gave them liberty, under the direction of Jehovah, to carrymoney with them, and purchase their victims on the spot. When, therefore, the Jews were dispersed among all nations, this injunction seemed not only convenient and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 2:14

14-17. in the temple—not the temple itself, as :-, but the temple-court. sold oxen, &c.—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 :-) had to be paid. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 2:13-22

1. The first cleansing of the temple 2:13-22The Synoptics record Jesus’ cleansing of the temple after His triumphal entry (Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-16; Luke 19:45-46). Only John noted this cleansing of the temple at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. The differences between the two cleansing incidents and their placement in the chronology of Jesus’ ministry argue for two cleansings rather than one. [Note: See W. Hendriksen, Exposition of the Gospel According to John , 1:120; and Morris, pp.... read more