"and the sharp chinking of coin was mingled the sound of angry altercation between traffickers, and among them were heard the voices of men in sacred office. The dignitaries of the temple were themselves engaged in buying and selling and the exchange of money. So completely were they controlled by their greed of gain that in the sight of God they were no better than thieves. DA 589.1"
"And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."
The EGW passage is clearly referencing and expanding upon the event described in Matthew 21:12-13, where Jesus cleanses the temple. The mention of buying, selling, moneychangers, and the temple being a den of thieves directly alludes to the biblical account.
"And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise."
The EGW passage is clearly referencing and expanding upon the event described in John 2:14-16, where Jesus cleanses the temple. The mention of buying, selling, moneychangers, and the temple being a house of merchandise directly alludes to the biblical account.
"Little did the priests and rulers realize the solemnity of the work which it was theirs to perform. At every Passover and Feast of Tabernacles, thousands of animals were slain, and their blood was caught by the priests and poured upon the altar. The Jews had become familiar with the offering of blood, and had almost lost sight of the fact that it was sin which made necessary all this shedding of the blood of beasts. They did not discern that it prefigured the blood of God's dear Son, which was to be shed for the life of the world, and that by the offering of sacrifices men were to be directed to a crucified Redeemer. DA 589.2"
"For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect."
Both passages discuss the sacrificial system and its purpose. Hebrews 10:1 states that the sacrifices were a shadow of things to come, and EGW elaborates on how the Jews had lost sight of the symbolic meaning of the sacrifices, which pointed to Christ. The principle that the sacrifices prefigured Christ's sacrifice is central to both.
"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
Both passages connect the sacrificial system with Jesus. John 1:29 identifies Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, while EGW explains that the sacrifices were meant to direct people to a crucified Redeemer. The link between sacrifice and Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice is the common theme.