Matthew 21:12 Douay-Rheims

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the chairs of them that sold doves:

Francis Patrick Kenrick

1796–1863 Catholic

St. Jerom remarks : " Among all the miracles which Christ per- formed, this seems to me the most wonderful, that one man, who at that time was an object of contempt, and so abject that He was afterwards crucified, whilst the Scribes and Pharisees raged against Him, seeing that He ruined their interests, could with a single whip cast forth such a crowd, and upset the tables, and break their chairs in pieces, and do other acts which a numerous army would not have attempted Some- thing of a heavenly radiance must have beamed from His eyes, and the majesty of the Godhead must have shone forth from His countenance." In loc.

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1863 · Matthew 21:12

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