smo.11 (Ko>..o/:l&s, oquivo.lont to "muti!Bted ") Lord simply assumed the role of o.ny and coin used for purposes of exchange. The every Hebrew prophet. The Talmud enjoins enJRller the ooin tho better, BB the minute the sanctity fc,r which the Saviour plea.de, difforoncos of weight of the foreign coine Ho called the temple II my Father's house " would thus be mort1 eBBily measured. (cf. Luke ii. 49), and therefore claims Ver. 15.-And when he had made a aoourge especially to be the Son of God Most High. of email oorda (o-xo,vl« of twisted rushes from The Eternal, the Holy One of Israel, etand11 the sc1tttered fodder or litter of the cattle). in thi.ti mysterious relatiooBhip to him. He 'l'his feature of the Lord's action was not does not say, "our Father's house." When, repeo.ted e.t the close of the ministry. Observe however, after the second cleansing of the the.t John singles out this punitive element temple, he spake of the temple, from which in the first public appeare.nce of the Lord he finally withdrew (Matt. xxiii. 38), be for especie.l notice, e.nd e.dds it to the other- oa.lled it by no other name than " your wise resistless force which he wBB e.ccustomod house," "left nnto you desolate." Moreover, to wield by the glBnce of his eye or the on that subsequent occasion, he UBed, in tones of his voice. The "scomge," e.s Godet place of "house of merchandise," the bitter says, is a. symbol, not a.n instrument. It description," den of robbers" O,fatt. xxi. 13). was m Christ's hands e. conspicuone method This first act was reformatory of a groas of expressing his indigne.tion, e.nd e.ugment- a.base; the latter was j nd icial and coudemna- ing the force of his command, by e.n indice.- tory (see Hengstenberg. 'Christology' and tion that he meant to be obeyed there and 'Comm.,' Zech. xiv. 21; Zeph. i. 11; Mai. iii. then. Ke drove them e.11 out of the temple 1). Arohdeo.con Watkins has wisely called oourt (l,pov); that is, the intrusive sellers of Bttention to the contrast between this scene the se.crificia.l beasts, the herdsmen, e.nd traf- and sign and that given at Cana. Here fickers. Also ( .,-a, .,., ) the sheep e.nd the oxen, we see how true it was that his hour had which moved e.tonce in Bve.st group, taming, not yet come. fleeing to the gree.t exits: e.nd he poured Ver. 17.-His disciples remembered that out on the ground, and with his own he.nd, it was written, The zeal of thy house will the ooms I of the exohe.ngers (KoMufJi,n;;,v), consume I me. The futme tense, affirmed e.nd overthrew the te.bles. " Christ had," by the best manuscripts, never (Meyer) beo.rs e.s Hengstenberg says, "e. powerful oonfede- the present meaning. The disciples, familiar re.te m the consciences of the oifenders." with the Old Testament, remembered at The presentiment of coming revolution and the time the words of Ps. l:rix.. 9. Jn that overthrow e.ided the impression produced psalm the theocratic Su.ierer approached the by the.t majestic countenance and command- climax of Lis sorrows, and admitted that ing glance, manner, e.ud voice, that so often e. holy zeal for God's house will ultimately made men feel that they were utterly and consume him-eat him up. The word is absolutely in bis power ( cf. oh. xviii. 6, used for consuming emotions (of. Aristoph., note). • Vespm,' 287), o.nd there is II foreshadowing Ver. 16.-And he so.id to those the.t sold of the reproach e.nd agony which will befall the doves. The vendors of tethered or caged the righteous Servant of God m his passion birds were as guilty of profanation as the for God's honour. The pa.re.llclism of the rest. Some sentimental comments have second clause of the verse, "The reproe.ches gathered round this verse, as though the of them that reproached thee have fallen Lord were more tender iu his treatment of upon me," confinn the application, though the turtle,doves than m that of the oxen or the words a.re not cited. Se~eraJ other sheep. But there would be no meaning m citations are made in the New Testament euch a distinction. No other way of scatter- from this psalm, which, whether it be ing the doves was 110 simple as to command Messianic in the oracular sense or not, is their removal. At "the Ammorgau Pas- clearly one that fmnished the mind of the sion-play," the doves are let loose, fly a.way early Church with abundant illustration of over the heBds of the audience, e.nd dis- the suffering of tho Christ (Rom. xv. 3; appear. The lifting of the eoomge, e.ccom- xi. 9, 10 ; Actd i. 20 ; cf. also Ps. lxix. 21 panied, doubtless, with words of solemn with the nB?re.tive of the Crucifixion). Thoma. we.ming e.nd command, said in effect what labours to find in the Old Testament pro- be now put into words. Take these things phecied genere.Ily the true source of the henoe. Maka not the bo11Be of my :Father Joha.nniue narrative. He points t.o Hos. a houso of merohe.ndise. In this e.ot our vi. 5 ; Mul. iii. 11 : J er. x.xv. 29. Vers. 18, 19.-The Jews therefore e.nswered 1 The T.R. reads .,-c} K•pµ.r,,, with ~. A, P, r, eto., Tisohendorf (8th edit.), und Bil.le 1 Kct'Tc11pci-y•n! -µ.• is read by recent editors,
Rovisers ; but R.'r. au 11 'l'regelles havo Tischendorf (8th edit.), Meyer, Westcott a11<l e.dopted .,-d ,clpµ.a..,.,,.. with B. 11,Ud aome other Hort, ~.T., wi~h a.1,1 tho u~;i~l wanuscript~, manuscripts. u 11gu1nst KC&'Tf</>a.-r• -J£• of l .&. 90 THE GOSrI~L ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. [en. n. 1-26.