John 2:15

First Nations Version

So Creator Sets Free (Jesus) took some leather straps and made a whip. He cracked the whip to startle and move the animals, and to drive all the people from the lodge. He tipped over the tables, which scattered their money on the floor.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 10:4

Our weapons have Creator’s power to break through and tear down strongholds. These strongholds are high-minded and wrong ideas about the Great Spirit and his ways.

John 18:6

At the sound of his voice they all moved back and fell to the ground.

Matthew 21:12

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) rode into the village and to the sacred lodge. He entered the lodge and began to force out the ones who were selling and buying the ceremonial animals. He then tipped over the tables of the money handlers and the seats of the ones who were selling the ceremonial doves.

John 2:14

As Creator Sets Free (Jesus) entered the lodge, he saw people sitting at money tables. There were also others who were trading, buying, and selling the cattle, sheep, and doves for the ceremonies—inside the lodge! It was so crowded that there was no room for the people from other nations who had come to learn about the Great Spirit. They were not honoring the purpose of this holy place.

John 2:16

He then turned to speak to the ones who were selling the ceremonial doves. “Go!” he roared at them. “Take these things out from here. Do not make my Father’s sacred lodge into a trading post!”

Acts 27:32

So the soldiers cut the leather straps from the life raft and let it drift away.