(July 24, 2014 at 5:37 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: Assuming there was some kind of demonstration in the outer precincts of the Temple, and given the way the story is told in the Gospel accounts, I've never really understood Jesus' motivation. What -- the Temple was to be defiled by graven images? What exactly was the "wrong" committed by the money changers? They performed a necessary function....but not on temple property. This was SUPPOSED to be holy - and therefore off limits to business being performed there.
In today's terms, it would be like speculators on Wall Street doing their business in churches, with all of the screaming and yelling.
Is there a place where you would find this kind of business being performed there to be offensive?
