John 2:14 meaning and explanation

In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.

John 2:14, Berean Standard Bible

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At Passover, Jerusalem's temple courts were crowded with pilgrims needing animals for sacrifice. Since the required animals had to be unblemished, vendors sold cattle, sheep, and doves on site, and money changers sat at tables to exchange the various currencies pilgrims brought into the temple coinage.

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