43 Jesus and Money Changers

Other certified markets were available outside the Temple Mount. He recognized that the Gentile converts did not have adequate space to worship so He would not |allow| that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. This was His action to free up space so the Gentiles could worship because the merchants were using this as a thoroughfare for their merchandise. One can only imagine the chaos with animals bellowing and merchants haggling, which is a complete desecration of the intent of the Temple. The enormity of the temple industry may be further appreciated by a comment from Josephus that in A.D. 66, the year the temple was completed, 255,600 lambs were sacrificed for Passover! Even the office of the High Priest had become corrupt.