{Those that sold} (	ous p(936c)ountas). Present active
articular participle of p(936c)e(935c), to sell. They were in the Court
of the Gentiles within the temple precinct (en t(9369) hier(9369)), but
not in the 
aos or temple proper. The sacrifices required
animals (oxen, oas, sheep, probata, doves, peristeras) and
"changers of money" (kermatistas, from kermatiz(935c), to cut into
small pieces, to change money, only here in N.T., late and rare).
Probably their very presence in his Father's house angered Jesus.
The Synoptics ( Mr 11:15-17  Mt 21:12f.  Lu 10:45f. ) record a
similar incident the day after the Triumphal Entry. If there was
only one, it would seem more natural at the close. But why could
it not occur at the beginning also? Here it is an obvious protest
by Christ at the beginning of his ministry as in the Synoptics it
is an indignant outcry against the desecration. The cessation was
only temporary in both instances.