Its not impossible that Jesus could have basically stirred up a riot that overwhelmed the Temple Guards, the smaller cadre of Jewish, religious guards dedicated to just maintaining order at the Temple, and managed to escape in the chaos.

Its… kind of implied, out right stated at various points in various gospels, that Jesus basically just has a massive, literal cult following of randos that just show up where he is, or follow him around, beyond the named disciples.

It doesn’t take long after the temple shenanigans for Jesus to be betrayed by Judas, arrested by… either Roman guards, or a mix of Roman and Temple guards.

If there is any truth to the varying stories of Jesus life offered by the gospels, fucking up basically the most important public area in Jerusalem would absolutely be something the Roman garrison / prvosional government would crucify you for.

Local religious leaders complaining to their superiors about this Jesus troublemaker guy for months, hasn’t really broken any serious laws the Romans actually care about … and then he does that, now the Romans finally step in.

I may not have a totally historically accurate view here, but I think the Temple was specifically not guarded by Roman guards, as the Jews of the time would have viewed even their presence in the outer area as highly, highly sacrilegious, and instead the Temple itself had basically a small, local Temple guard outfit… sorta like the Vatican Guard in modern times, under the direct authority of the Pharisees.

Presumably the whole scene would have taken place in the ‘Court of Gentiles’, the rather large open space that is inside the outer Temple walls, but not inside the barrier, the Temple proper.

I’m not saying that this did for sure happen, but it does at least to me seem plausible.