Like they care what Jesus said or did.
Did he do that?
You bet your ass he did.
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.
Supposedly he took hours to make the whip. Plenty of time to premeditate on that destruction.
That’s my favorite part. Spent the afternoon braiding a whip, probably mumbling to himself “Ohhh, these sons of bitches about to experience Wrath”
I guess I could read John to understand the context.
He’s mad that people are selling stuff in the temple when it should be holy (and commercial activity is NOT holy)
It wasn’t just commercial activity. Money changers were charging a fee to buy shekels which people could use to buy an animal to sacrifice at the temple. Jesus was mad because the idea of inserting yourself as a middleman to extort money from people seeking salvation was basically blasphemy.
And then there’s that one time time Bostoners turned the Atlantic Ocean into a teapot.
No sweat, though. He promised to rebuild it in three days
WHOSE property matters. Jesus busted up the property of the people causing the problem. Too often I see this as justification for burning cars in the street.
He didn’t destroy the property, he just rearranged it.
That’s like saying the guillotine must not inconvenience the head of the rich
Temples were also banks / fiscal offices in those days. The conflict is imagined, unless maybe early class analysis.
Yes that’s why Jesus got mad lol
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR ( The Temple - 1973 60fps ) HD
https://youtu.be/WjR6nHhc6Rg?list=RDWjR6nHhc6Rg&t=114 (cued)
Youtube comment:
“This is the most biblically accurate scene in the film. I know Jesus screamed at them in falsetto!”
Read ‘Temples, tithes and taxes’ by religious scholar Marty Stevens. Impressive scientific book on intersection of religion & economics.
Then stop making it a necessity, to redress grievances.
