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Those that sold (tous pōlountas). Present active articular participle of pōleō, to sell. They were in the Court of the Gentiles within the temple precinct (en tōi hierōi), but not in the naos or temple proper. The sacrifices required animals (oxen, boas, sheep, probata, doves, peristeras) and “changers of money” (kermatistas, from kermatizō, to cut into small pieces, to change money, only here in N.T., late and rare). Probably their very presence in his Father’s house angered Jesus. The Synoptics (Mar 11:15-17; Mat 21:12.; Luk 19:45.) record a similar incident the day after the Triumphal Entry. If there was only one, it would seem more natural at the close. But why could it not occur at the beginning also? Here it is an obvious protest by Christ at the beginning of his ministry as in the Synoptics it is an indignant outcry against the desecration. The cessation was only temporary in both instances.