Parakaleo
Puritan Board Sophomore
When Christ cleansed the Temple in Jerusalem (John 2:13-17), John says He "found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there", then He:
- Made a whip of cords
- Expelled all (πάντας) out of the temple
- And the sheep and the oxen
Simple question. Did Christ strike these men with the whip, or just the animals? It's an interesting question, because I believe most people have read and taught this passage as if Christ knocked over tables and swung a whip around in the air to scare everyone.
- Made a whip of cords
- Expelled all (πάντας) out of the temple
- And the sheep and the oxen
Simple question. Did Christ strike these men with the whip, or just the animals? It's an interesting question, because I believe most people have read and taught this passage as if Christ knocked over tables and swung a whip around in the air to scare everyone.