And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
And when he had made a scourge, х fragellion (G5416) = flagellum] of small cords - likely some of the rushes spread for bedding, and when twisted used to tie up the cattle there collected. 'Not by this slender whip,' says Grotius admirably, 'but by divine majesty was the ejection accomplished, the whip being but a sign of the scourge of divine anger.'
He drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen, [pantas ... ta (G3588) te (G5037) probata (G4263) kai (G2532) tous (G3588) boas (G1016)] - rather, 'drove out all, both the sheep and the oxen.' The men would naturally enough go with them. And poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables - expressing the mingled indignation and authority of the impulse.