John 2:15

And he made himself a whip from a cord, and turned them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the beeves and the money-changers; and he poured out their money, and overset their tables:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;

In Context

14And he found in the temple those who sold beeves and sheep and doves, and the money-changers sitting there.

16and he said to them that sold doves, Take away these things; and make not my Father's house a house of traffic.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 10:4For the arms of our warfare are not those of the flesh, but those of the power of God; by which we subdue rebellious castles.

Matthew Henry on John 2:13-23

Temple-Merchandise Punished; Christ's Death and Resurrection Foretold. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. 13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the… Read the whole commentary →

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