Christ Driving the Moneychangers from the Temple

The dramatic moment Rembrandt depicts in this small etching focuses the viewer’s attention on Christ wielding a “scourge of small cords” (John 2:15) Just below Christ’s raised arm, is a moneychanger who grabs his coin bag just at the moment when the wooden table collapses in the temple interior. The uproar radiates outward from Christ and includes a barking dog, a prone man trying to grab a dove, and a man straining to control an ox.