Began to cast out (ηρξατο εκβαλλειν). Mark is fond of "began." See on Mt 21:12f. for discussion of this second cleansing of the te…

See Barnes on Matthew 21:12, also Matthew 21:13-15.

Moneychangers: Deuteronomy 14:25–26.

And Jesus went into the temple.—See Notes on Matthew 21:12-17.

The Venerable Bede: What the Lord had done figuratively when He cursed the barren fig tree, He now shows more openly by casting…

The cleansing of the temple, in fulfillment of Mal 3:1–3, was Jesus’ next messianic act during the Passion Week after the Triumphal Entry. When he …

And they came to Jerusalem
The Ethiopic version reads, "he came"; that is, Christ; but not alone, for his disciples …

Christ looked for some fruit, because the time for gathering figs, though near, had not yet come; but he found none. He made this fig tree an examp…