Luke 19:45

The Cleansing of the Temple

45 And he entered into the temple [courts] [and] began to drive out those who were selling,

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 For days will come upon you and your enemies will put up an embankment against you, and will surround you and press you hard from all directions.

44 And they will raze you to the ground, [you] and your children within you, and will not leave a stone upon a stone within you, {because} you did not recognize the time of your visitation."

45 And he entered into the temple [courts] [and] began to drive out those who were selling,

46 saying to them, "It is written, 'And my house will be a house of prayer,' but you have made it a cave of robbers!"

47 And he was teaching every day in the temple [courts], and the chief priests and the scribes and the most prominent men of the people were seeking to destroy him.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[courts]" is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("entered") has been translated as a finite verb