en_tn/jhn/02/13.md

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# General Information:
Jesus and his disciples go up to Jerusalem to the temple.
# up to Jerusalem
This means that they traveled from a lower place to a higher place. Jerusalem is built on a hill.
# were sitting there
The next verse makes it clear that these people were in the temple courtyard. That area was intended for worship and not for commerce.
# sellers of oxen and sheep and pigeons
People were buying animals in the temple courtyard to sacrifice them to God.
# money changers
Jewish authorities required people who wanted to buy animals for sacrifices to exchange their money for special money from the "money changers."
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/passover]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sheep]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/dove]]