Johannes 2:15

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

maakte hij van koorden een geesel en dreef hen allen uit het heiligdom, met de schapen en runderen; het kleingeld der wisselaars gooide hij weg en hun tafels wierp hij omver;

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
en hij maakte een geesel van touwtjes, en dreef hen allen den tempel uit, met de schapen en ossen; en het geld der wisselaars stortte hij uit, en stiet de tafels om;

Staten Vertaling
En een gesel van touwtjes gemaakt hebbende, dreef Hij ze allen uit den tempel, ook de schapen en de ossen; en het geld der wisselaren stortte Hij uit, en keerde de tafelen om.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he drove: John 18:6, Zechariah 4:6, 2 Corinthians 10:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:30 - reverence Zechariah 14:21 - no more

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he had made a scourge of small cords,.... That is, Jesus, as the Persic version expresses it. This scourge might be made either of thongs cut out of the hides of beasts slain in sacrifice; or of the cords, with which the owners of the cattle had brought them to this place; or with which they had fastened them in it. And it seems to be made, and used, not so much for force and terror, as to intimate, that these persons, the violators of the holy place, deserved the scourge of divine wrath and punishment; as well as to show the miraculous power of Christ in driving such a number of men before him, with so small and insignificant a weapon; for the phrase is diminutive. The reason given by Dr. Lightfoot, and others, why Christ made use of a whip, or scourge, rather than a staff, is, because it was contrary to a Jewish canon d to go into the mountain of the house, or temple, with a staff in the hand; and yet the man of the mountain of the house, or the master of it, who used to go about every ward with torches burning before him, if he found a Levite asleep in his ward e, struck him במקלו, with his staff, and had power to burn his clothes.

He drove them all out of the temple; that is, he drove out "the men", as the Persic version reads; the merchants, the sellers of oxen, sheep, and doves, and the money changers: "and the sheep, and the oxen" likewise; the Persic version adds, "doves"; but these are after mentioned:

and poured out the changers money; off of the tables, or out of the boxes, or dishes, or drawers, or purses, in which it was put:

and overthrew the tables; at which they sat, and on which they told their money.

d Misn. Beracot, c. 9. sect. 5. e Misn. Middot, c. 1. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A scourge - A whip.

Of small cords - This whip was made as an emblem of authority, and also for the purpose of driving from the temple the cattle which had been brought there for sale. There is no evidence that he used any violence to the men engaged in that unhallowed traffic. The original word implies that these “cords” were made of twisted “rushes” or “reeds” - probably the ancient material for making ropes.