648 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CHAP. XIX. overtoitsenemies,thatwiththem itmay be joinedtogether inthebond ofeverlastingdamnation. 45. And He went intothe temple,and beganto cast out them that sold therein,and them that bought; 46. Sayingunto them, It iswritten,My houseis thehouse of prayer: but ye have made ita den of thieves. 47. And He taughtdailyin the temple. But the ChiefPriestsand the Scribesand the chiefof the peoplesoughtto destroyHim, 48. And couldnot findwhat theymight do: for allthepeoplewere veryattentiveto hearHim. • Greg. GREG. When He had relatedthe evilsthatwere tocome ut»up. upon the city,He straightwayenteredthe temple,thatHe might castout them that bought and sold in it. Shewing thatthe destructionof the peoplearosechieflyfrom theguilt of the priests.AMBROSE. For God wishes not His temple to be a house of traffic,but the dwelling-placeof holiness, nor does He fixthe priestlyservicein a saleableperformance of religion,but in a freeand willingobedience. CYRIL. Now therewere in the temple a number of sellers who soldanimals,by the custom of the law,forthe sacrificial victims,but the time was now come forthe shadows to pass away, and the truth of Christto shine forth. Therefore Christ,who togetherwith the Father was .worshippedinthe temple,commanded the customs of the law to be reformed, but the temple to become a house of prayer; as itisadded, My house,fyc. GREG. For they who satin the templetore ceivemoney would doubtlesssometimes make exactionto the injuryof thosewho gave them none. THEOPHYL. The same thing our Lord did also nt the beginning of His preaching,as John relates;and now He did it a second time, because the crime of the Jews was much increasedby theirnot having been chastenedby the former warning. • '•'