| Barnes' Notes on the Bible See the notes at Matthew 21:12-13.
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleWent into the temple - See all this transaction explained, Matthew 21:12-16 (note).
Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd he went into the temple,.... Being come into the city, he alighted from the colt he rode on, and having committed it to the care of a proper person to return it to the owner, he went up directly to the temple, of which he was the Lord and proprietor, and where he had some work to do the few days he had to live. And began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; that traded in sheep, and oxen, and doves; see John 2:15. The Ethiopic version adds here, as there, "and overthrew, the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves".
Geneva Study Bible{10} And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; (10) Christ shows after his entry into Jerusalem by a visible sign that it is his duty, given and admonished unto him by his Father, to purge the temple.
People's New Testament 19:45 Began to cast out them that sold. An act of kingly authority. See notes on Mt 21:12-15 Mr 11:18-19.
Wesley's Notes 19:45 Mt 21:12; Mr 11:11.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible CommentaryLu 19:45-48. Second Cleansing of the Temple and Subsequent Teaching. 45, 46. As the first cleansing was on His first visit to Jerusalem (Joh 2:13-22), so this second cleansing was on His last. den of thieves-banded together for plunder, reckless of principle. The mild term "house of merchandise," used on the former occasion, was now unsuitable.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary19:41-48 Who can behold the holy Jesus, looking forward to the miseries that awaited his murderers, weeping over the city where his precious blood was about to be shed, without seeing that the likeness of God in the believer, consists much in good-will and compassion? Surely those cannot be right who take up any doctrines of truth, so as to be hardened towards their fellow-sinners. But let every one remember, that though Jesus wept over Jerusalem, he executed awful vengeance upon it. Though he delights not in the death of a sinner, yet he will surely bring to pass his awful threatenings on those who neglect his salvation. The Son of God did not weep vain and causeless tears, nor for a light matter, nor for himself. He knows the value of souls, the weight of guilt, and how low it will press and sink mankind. May he then come and cleanse our hearts by his Spirit, from all that defiles. May sinners, on every side, become attentive to the words of truth and salvation. | 
