Cleansing of the Temple

578.189 - 612.531 R.C. Sproul

It was much easier for them to fulfill their obligations to purchase the animals that were necessary for the sacrifices in Jerusalem. Secondly, a temple tax was required to be paid at this time, and the temple authorities were very particular about what kind of coinage was to be acceptable, because in the nation there were competing types of currency and coins, some of which were very impure.