through the court. Moneychangers backed away from their tables with contorted expressions of dismay as Jesus moved along the portico upending their tables and sending containers of coins ringing across the pavement. The tumult brought Temple guards rushing across the court, while the Roman legionnaires on watch at the Antonia looked down on the proceedings. Guards quickly summoned their superior, the Captain of the Temple, who in turn called for the Sadducean authorities. They reached the scene