Patristic A.D. 407
“Forasmuch as they could not detract from His miracles, they bring matter of blame from His forbidding to sell in the Temple. As though they had said, Hast Thou assumed the seat of authority? Hast Thou been anointed Priest, that Thou exertest this power?”
Catena Aurea: Gospel of Matthew, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 21:23-27
PD · J. H. Newman (Oxford, 1841) ↗