13 And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

The Cleansing of the Temple

14 And he found in the temple courts[a] those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated. 15 And he made a whip of cords and[b] drove them[c] all out of the temple courts,[d] both the sheep and the oxen, and he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their[e] tables.

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Footnotes

  1. John 2:14 Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
  2. John 2:15 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“made”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. John 2:15 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. John 2:15 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
  5. John 2:15 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun