Jesus and the money changers

[John S]

Jesus seemed quite put out over the money changers at the temple, pretty much his only act of violence, curiously.

However, in Matthew 19, when asked about the 10 Commandments;




18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.





In view of that, I am hard pressed to see where the money changers were screwing up. Am I missing something, or is Jesus, for lack of a better term, inconsistent ?

He was pissed at them because they were doing business on, what was supposed to be, a holy place. In fact, it was the holiest place in all of Judaism at the time.
In showing that times haven't changed much, the conservative religious leaders got angry at Him, and this was one of the reasons why they made sure that He was killed - along with all of the liberal stuff that He was preaching.