Ah, theology!
That scene doesn't actually involve Jesus beating anyone.
Luke 19
45. Then He went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it,
46. Saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.' "
47. And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him,
48. And were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear Him.
John 2
13. Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14. And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers doing business.
15. When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables.
16. And He said to those who sold doves, "Take these things away! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!"
It says that Jesus drove people out, not that he actually struck anyone.
