2:15a
So He made a whip out of cords: The word cords here refers to thin ropes. Jesus bound or tied these thin ropes together to make a whip. In some languages it may be natural to translate this as an independent clause. For example:
He made a whip from small ropes. (God’s Word)
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So he took some rope and made a whip. (Contemporary English Version)
2:15b
and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle: There are two ways of understanding what is included in the word all :
(1) The phrase only refers to the sheep and cattle. For example:
and forced all of them, both the sheep and cattle, to leave the Temple (New Century Version)
(New International Version, New Revised Standard Version, New Century Version, Good News Translation)
(2) The phrase refers to the traders as well as the sheep and cattle. For example:
he chased everyone out of the temple, together with their sheep and cattle (Contemporary English Version)
(NET Bible, English Standard Version, New American Standard Bible, Contemporary English Version, Revised Standard Version, King James Version, Revised English Bible, God’s Word, New Jerusalem Bible, New American Bible, Revised Edition)
There are problems with the grammar of both interpretations, but it is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). If Jesus chased out all the traders in 2:15, then it is hard to understand why the dove sellers are still there in 2:16. However, if he drove out all the sheep and cattle, their owners would certainly chase them. Then they would no longer be the temple in 2:16. However, if the major language translation in your area includes the traders, you may want to do that also.
The Greek clause that the Berean Standard Bible translates as drove all from the temple courts means that Jesus caused or forced the sheep and cattle to leave the temple. He used the whip that he made to help him do that.
Here are other ways to translate this clause:
he…drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle (New International Version)
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and chased all the sheep and cattle out of the Temple
both sheep and cattle: See the notes explaining these animals in 2:14a. Also see how you translated the words there.
2:15c
He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables: These two clauses are probably in reverse chronological order. Jesus turned over the tables first, and this caused the coins to scatter onto the ground. In some language it is more natural to reverse the order here. For example:
He upset the tables of the money-changers, scattering their coins. (Revised English Bible)
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he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and scattered their coins (Good News Translation)
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