Bible Dictionaries
Money-Changer
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Matthew 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15 ). Every Israelite from twenty years and upwards had to pay (Exodus 30:13-15 ) into the sacred treasury half a shekel every year as an offering to Jehovah, and that in the exact Hebrew half-shekel piece. There was a class of men, who frequented the temple courts, who exchanged at a certain premium foreign moneys for these half-shekels to the Jews who came up to Jerusalem from all parts of the world. (See PASSOVER .) When our Lord drove the traffickers out of the temple, these money-changers fared worst. Their tables were overturned and they themselves were expelled. Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Money-Changer'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/m/money-changer.html. 1897.