Where did Jesus clean the temple?

Answer 1

A:The 'Cleansing of the Temple' scene occurs right at the end of the synoptic gospels, as the trigger for the arrest of Jesus, but right at the beginning of John's Gospel. In this scene, Jesus cast out those who sold animals and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and of them that sold pigeons.

For Second Temple Judaism, practised at the time of Jesus, worship of God required the sacrifice of an animal proportionate to the wealth of the supplicant and the purpose of the worship. Purchase at the Temple assured the faithful that animals were sound and healthy, as required for sacrifice to God. Purchases had to be made at a standard price, but the local currency was likely to devalue due to changes in metal content, so that a fixed price was not possible. The solution was to have moneychangers, who sold Syrian coins of fixed value, which were then used to purchase the sacrifice. All this took place in the outer courtyard of the Temple, as sanctioned by the priesthood.

By the time the first gospel was written, the Temple was destroyed by the Romans, which meant that it was no longer possible to sacrifice at the Temple. Jews had to adopt new forms of worship, and perhaps the gospel author could preempt this disaster by reporting Jesus' displeasure at the sale of sacrificial animals, creating the 'Cleansing of the Temple'.

Answer 2

Jesus cleared the temple in Jerusalem.