“And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;”
To those who sold doves, he said, 'Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father's house into a market!' — the direct command and the proprietary claim ("my Father's house") assert Jesus' authority over the temple itself. The term "market" (emporion) emphasizes the desecration of sacred space. The phrase "my Father's house" echoes Mary's annunciation-related term (Luke 1:46, "my spirit rejoices in God my Savior") and Jesus' childhood saying (Luke 2:49, "in my Father's house"), suggesting continuity in filial consciousness.
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