Virtually all critics acknowledge that during the following week Jesus did cause some sort of disruption in the Jerusalem temple, which resulted in a temporary halt to commercial activities there. The last sentence of Zechariah’s prophecy is “And there shall no longer be traders in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day” (Zech. 14:21). Jesus is deliberately fulfilling these prophecies, asserting His authority in the holiest precincts of Judaism.
