Also, through money - changing and the sale of sacrificial animals which were without blemish (see John 2:12 - 22), many of the Temple Priests had become quite wealthy. (redeeminggod.com)
As a marketplace for sacrificial animals and as a national bank, its economic function had overwhelmed its proper function as a base for world mission.71 «Is it not written, «My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations?» (religion-online.org)
From sacrificial animals to human sacrifices, all societies sought, in one way or another, to alleviate their own guilt and shame by laying this guilt upon someone or something else. (redeeminggod.com)