Discovery BoxMatthew 21:12 
Context21:12 Then 1 Jesus entered the temple area 2 and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, 3 and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves.
Matthew 23:16
Context23:16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. 4 But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
2 tn Grk “the temple.”
sn The merchants (those who were selling) would have been located in the Court of the Gentiles.
3 tn Grk “the temple.”
sn Matthew (here, 21:12-27), Mark (11:15-19) and Luke (19:45-46) record this incident of the temple cleansing at the end of Jesus’ ministry. John (2:13-16) records a cleansing of the temple at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. See the note on the word temple courts in John 2:14 for a discussion of the relationship of these accounts to one another.
4 tn Grk “Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing.”
