Pepper Pratt

“What Jesus did is best classified as an act of prophetic symbolism. If he had Zechariah 14:21 in his mind when he protested against his Father’s house (cf. Luke 2:49) being turned into a supermarket, we may recall that the preceding verses of Zechariah 14 tell how all nations will go up to Jerusalem to worship.”
― F.F. Bruce, The Gospel of John: A Verse-by-Verse Exposition

“The Evangelist explains that the words of Jesus referred to his body,”
― F.F. Bruce, The Gospel of John: A Verse-by-Verse Exposition

“The Jews” here are members of the establishment, especially the temple authorities, as in Mark 11:25 f. Their request for a “sign” was misguided. What sign could have been more eloquent than that which they had just witnessed?”
― F.F. Bruce, The Gospel of John: A Verse-by-Verse Exposition

“The money-changers also performed a convenient service for visitors to the temple, who might bring all sorts of coinage with them and require to have it exchanged for something more acceptable.”
― F.F. Bruce, The Gospel of John: A Verse-by-Verse Exposition