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Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple. The episode is
described in all four Gospels: St. Matthew (21:12-13), St. Mark
(11:15-18),
St. Luke (19:45-46), St. John (2:14-17). The Temple in Jerusalem was
turned
into a market place by money-changers and traders. Outraged Jesus made
a whip of cords and drove them out of the Temple."... and he went into
the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold there. He
upset
the tables of the money-changers and the seats of the dealers in
pigeons;
and he would not allow anyone to carry goods through the temple court.
Then he began to teach them, and said, 'Does not scripture say, "My
house
shell be called a house of prayer for all nations"? But you have made
it
a robbers' cave.' (Mark 11:15-17).
See: El Greco Christ
Driving the Traders from the Temple.
Christ Driving the
Traders from the Temple.
Giotto Christ
Purging the Temple.
Jan Sanders van Hemessen. Christ
Driving Merchants from the Temple.
Jacob Jordaens. The
Purification of the Temple.
Rembrandt. Christ
Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple.