A wonderfully clear article that focuses on the scriptures themselves.
Jesus Casts Out The Money Changers
By William Hole
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Twice in Jesus ministry He is seen in the role of an activist, protesting in the temple. In the Gospel of John, Jesus goes into the Temple and makes a whip of cords and drives the animals and those selling them out of the temple. He overturns the tables of the money-changers and tells those who are selling doves to get them ‘out of here’. This incident took place during the first Passover season of Jesus public ministry. Many theologians believe that this story is used by John as an illustration of how this Jewish institution is ‘meant to be replaced by Jesus’ (René Kieffer, The Oxford Bible Commentary, edited by John Barton and John Muddiman, published by Oxford University Press, page 965). The Synoptic Gospels speak of a similar protest in the days leading up to the third…
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