Jesus flipped over the tables of the money lenders in the temple.
Thus literally bankrupting them. Bankrupt comes from the Italian phrase banca rotta "broken table"-- in the old days, when a banker/moneylender was corrupt or went broke, the town authorities would walk up to their table and physically break it.
Thus literally bankrupting them. Bankrupt comes from the Italian phrase banca rotta "broken table"-- in the old days, when a banker/moneylender was corrupt or went broke, the town authorities would walk up to their table and physically break it.