as a devout jew, he had been to the great temple many times before with his family. but now he came at a politically charged time with a provocative message. passover is the feast of freedom. the city has swelled with well over a million pilgrims. there s a concern for roman occupation. pilate has brought his troops into the city. anybody who talks about the kingdom of god, and even more, anybody about whom the word goes out, this is a new king, is clearly a political liability. and not just a liability to the romans, but to the jewish hierarchy led by their high priest, ciaphas. in one of the most vivid passages in the gospels, a furious jesus enters the temple to cleanse it of the money changers he finds there. overturning the temple tables of the money changers and the offerings that were being sold. which was the necessary business of temple work.
furious jesus enters the temple to cleanse it of the money changers he finds there. overturning the temple tables of the money changers and the offerings that were being sold. which was the necessary business of temple work. it was a direct prophetic assault on the religious institution. in a way, he was saying that a new era was beginning. this was about as much as the religious authorities could take. and they put together a plot to turn him over to the romans. but first, jesus would fulfill the ritual duties of his religion, and eat the passover seder with his friends, a meal known today as the last supper. according to our earliest accounts, he knew that he was in trouble and was likely to be arrested. and so he took the symbolic foods of the passover meal and installed new significance in them. it is a communion recreated today in churches everywhere.
pilate has brought his troupes into the city. anybody who talks about the kingdom of god, and even more, anybody about whom the word goes out, this is a new king, is clearly a political liability. and not just a liability to the romans, but to the jewish hierarchy led by their high priest, ciaiphus. in one of the most vivid passages in the gospels, a furious jesus enters the temple to cleanse it of the money changers he finds there. overturning the temple tables of the money changers and the offerings that were being sold. which was the necessary business of temple work. it was a direct prophetic assault on the religious institution. in a way, he was saying that a new era was beginning. this was about as much as the religious authorities could take. and they put together a plot to turn him over to the romans.
many time before with his family but now he came at a politically charged time and a provocative message. passover is the feast of freedom. the city has swelled with well over a million pilgrims. there is a concern for roman occupation. pilate has brought his troops into the city of anybody who talks about the kingdom of god and even more, anybody about whom the word goes out, this is a new king, is clearly a political liability. not just a liability to the romans but to the jewish hierarchy led by the high priest caiphus. one of the most vivid messages of the gospels, a furious jesus enters the temple to cleanse it of the money changers he finds there. overturning the temple tables, the money changers, it was the necessary business of temple work. was it a direct prophetic
overturning the temple tables of the money changers and the offerings that were being sold. which was the necessary business of temple work. it was a direct prophetic assault on the religious institution. in a way, he was saying that a new era was beginning. this was about as much as the religious authorities could take. and they put together a plot to turn him over to the romans. but first, jesus would fulfill the ritual duties of his religion, and eat the passover seder with his friends, a meal known today as the last supper. according to our earliest accounts, he knew that he was in trouble and was likely to be arrested. and so he took the symbolic foods of the passover meal and installed new significance in them. it is a communion recreated today in churches everywhere. this is my body, which will be given up for you.