How many times did Jesus cleanse the temple?

[tonychanyt]

Twice, Wiki:

There are debates about when the cleansing of the Temple occurred and whether there were two separate events. St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine agree that Jesus performed a similar act twice, with the less severe denunciations of the Johannine account (merchants, sellers) occurring early in Jesus's public ministry and the more severe denunciations of the synoptic accounts (thieves, robbers) occurring just before, and indeed expediting, the events of the crucifixion.

This is consistent with the idea that John wrote his gospel late trying to describe events not mentioned in the synoptic gospels.