Take these things hence (Αρατε ταυτα εντευθεν). First aorist active imperative of αιρω. Probably the doves were in baskets or cage…

My Father’s house. Some among those present now (John 2:18) may have been present in that same house when He, a boy of…

The Venerable Bede: When our Lord came to Jerusalem, He immediately entered the temple to pray, giving us an example that where…

Jesus’ action precipitated wild confusion. The animals would be bawling and running about aimlessly; the money changers would be scrambling for the…

Make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. At the second time that he drove the traders out of the Temple, the Evangelists relate …

And said to them that sold doves
For as these were kept in coups, or cages, they could not be drove, as the sheep an…

The first public work in which we find Christ engaged was driving the traders from the temple, whom the covetous priests and rulers encouraged to m…

1. Previously, the Evangelist presented the sign Christ worked to confirm his disciples, which related to his power to change nature. Now, h…