Luke 19:45

45 Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling things there;

Luke 19:45 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 19:45

And he went into the temple
Being come into the city, he alighted from the colt he rode on, and having committed it to the care of a proper person to return it to the owner, he went up directly to the temple, of which he was the Lord and proprietor, and where he had some work to do the few days he had to live.

And began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that
bought;
that traded in sheep, and oxen, and doves; see ( John 2:15 ) ( Matthew 21:12 ) . The Ethiopic version adds here, as there, "and overthrew, the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves".

Luke 19:45 In-Context

43 Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you, and hem you in on every side.
44 They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another; because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God."
45 Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling things there;
46 and he said, "It is written, "My house shall be a house of prayer'; but you have made it a den of robbers."
47 Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him;
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