JETS 44:2 (June 2001) p. 212 • In the cleansing of the Temple Jesus says that God’s house had become a den of robbers (lestes). Wright interprets this as meaning that the Temple had become a den of revolutionary zealots and brigands. His main support for this is that the term “robbers” (lestes) often refers to brigands or bandits. Yet the reason this term is used is because Jesus is quoting Jer 7:11 where the term is found and the context involves Jesus’ overturning the tables of the moneychangers