John 2:15

Made. scourge of small cords.

The original implies that it was made of rushes, which were carried in as bedding for cattle. It was not. formidable weapon of itself; was chosen more as. symbol, and was probably not laid in violence upon any one.

Drove them all out of the temple.

His indignation was aroused at the desecration. As the representative of the Father he had the right to cleanse the Sanctuary, and here, first, he asserts his authority. The traffickers fled before his glance; not in terror of his scourge, or of one man whom they might have defied, but there was something about him that struck consternation; an authority,. divine majesty,. mysterious power that could not be resisted. The act was superhuman. If any one doubts it let him try to clean. market of thousands of greedy traffickers with. harmless scourge, and see how soon he will bite the earth. Along with the traders he drove out their cattle, and overturned the tables of the money changers.