Jesus Cleanses the Temple of the Moneychangers
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Jesus Cleanses the Temple of
Jesus Cleanses the Temple of the Moneychangers
A memorable event happens when Jesus arrives at the Temple in Jerusalem. In classic art, the event is known as Jesus Cleansing the Temple of the Moneychangers:
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the moneychangers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” (John 2:13-16)
Jesus cleanses the temple of the moneychangers and sellers of merchandise because of his disgust at what they had made of God’s house of prayer. Judaea was under the rule of the Romans, and the money in current use was Roman coinage. However, the Jewish law required that every man should pay a tribute to the service of the sanctuary of “half a shekel” -- a Jewish coin. Therefore, it became a matter of convenience to have a place where Roman coins could be exchanged for Jewish half shekels. The moneychangers provided this convenience, but, of course, required a small fee for the exchange. Because so many thousands came up for the great feasts in Jerusalem, changing money was a very profitable business -- one that resulted in fraud and oppression of the poor.
Jesus was shocked. He was passionate for the purity of the Jewish Temple -- his Father’s house. He witnessed the priestly aristocracy that profited from the Temple. He walked among the sanctioned sellers who preyed on the poor. Jesus was enraged -- filled with what we call, “righteous indignation.” Simply, he took a bullwhip out on the unholy business of “organized religion” that had defiled the Temple grounds. In a nutshell, Jesus cleaned house, cleansing the Temple of the moneychangers.
A memorable event happens when Jesus arrives at the Temple in Jerusalem. In classic art, the event is known as Jesus Cleansing the Temple of the Moneychangers:
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the moneychangers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” (John 2:13-16)
Jesus cleanses the temple of the moneychangers and sellers of merchandise because of his disgust at what they had made of God’s house of prayer. Judaea was under the rule of the Romans, and the money in current use was Roman coinage. However, the Jewish law required that every man should pay a tribute to the service of the sanctuary of “half a shekel” -- a Jewish coin. Therefore, it became a matter of convenience to have a place where Roman coins could be exchanged for Jewish half shekels. The moneychangers provided this convenience, but, of course, required a small fee for the exchange. Because so many thousands came up for the great feasts in Jerusalem, changing money was a very profitable business -- one that resulted in fraud and oppression of the poor.
Jesus was shocked. He was passionate for the purity of the Jewish Temple -- his Father’s house. He witnessed the priestly aristocracy that profited from the Temple. He walked among the sanctioned sellers who preyed on the poor. Jesus was enraged -- filled with what we call, “righteous indignation.” Simply, he took a bullwhip out on the unholy business of “organized religion” that had defiled the Temple grounds. In a nutshell, Jesus cleaned house, cleansing the Temple of the moneychangers.
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