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Jesus drove out the money changers from the temple because he believed they were exploiting people and dishonoring the sacred space of worship.

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Who built the temple the Jesus threw the money changers out of?

Herod the Great built the temple where Jesus threw out the money-changers.


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Jesus then clensed the temple of the animals and turned the table of the money changers.


When does Jesus go to Jerusalem?

The answer is found in Luke 19:28-48. This includes Jesus cleansing temple of the money changers.


What was the significance of Jesus kicking out the money changers from the temple?

The significance of Jesus kicking out the money changers from the temple was to show his disapproval of the commercial activities taking place in a sacred place of worship. It demonstrated his belief in the importance of spiritual purity and the rejection of materialism in religious practices.


Where did Jesus get angry?

A:In the gospels, Jesus could be both irrational and angry. For example, Mark 11:13-15 tells of Jesus cursing a fig tree for not bearing fruit out of season. Most famously, Jesus angrily overturned the tables of the monechangers in the Temple, even though they were performing a necessary duty sanctioned by the Temple priests.


The tables of the temple money changers?

At that time there were two types of money in circulation. One with the roman governor face to pay their roman masters their taxes. The other was the daily use mney. So Jesus overturned the table of the moneylchangers at the table.


In the Easter story who kicked the thieves out of the temple?

Jesus Answer: Actually they were merchants and money changers. Overt thieves generally don't set up shops in temples.


What did Jesus do on the week before he died?

During the week before his death, Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, overturned tables in the temple to drive out money changers, taught in the temple, had the Last Supper with his disciples, and prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane before he was arrested.


Where does the Bible talk about Jesus turning over the tables in the temple?

(Matthew 21:12) . . .And Jesus entered into the temple and threw out all those selling and buying in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.(Mark 11:15) . . .Now they came to Jerusalem. There he entered into the temple and started to throw out those selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves;(John 2:13-16) . . .Now the passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And he found in the temple those selling cattle and sheep and doves and the money brokers in their seats. So, after making a whip of ropes, he drove all those with the sheep and cattle out of the temple, and he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. And he said to those selling the doves: "Take these things away from here! Stop making the house of my Father a house of merchandise!"NWT


Did the money changers in Jesus' time use bodyguards?

AnswerThe moneychangers were performing a sacred duty in the sacred Temple environment and would normally not have needed any protection. If they did need bodyguards, the Temple priests would have been available.


Where in the bible do you find pursue God Passionately?

I do not remember these words, but it was said of Jesus, after he had driven the money changers from the temple: The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. (John 2.17)


What verse in the Bible tell us about Jesus chasing the money - changers out of the temple?

(Matthew 21:12-13)(Mark 11:15-17)(John 2:13-17)