Jesus Cleanses the Temple

When Jesus "cleanses" the temple, he connects the act with his death and resurrection, trying to get his audience to understand where the real temple is.

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[taracarter]

Wow, my jaw dropped at the explanation of the temple. Beautiful

[ucheuju]

This was a fantastic explanation on this popular passage. God bless you, Dr. Pitre

[gabrielreynavillarreal]

Dr. Brant Pitre I salute you as a fellow catholic that lives in Mexico. It looks that you are depressed and the audio is cut. I saw that on previous episodes your speech was fluent. I say to you be not depressed for the Lord has shown his mercy through the resurrection of his begotten son. Use the flames of purification as a means to feel alive. You are not burning you are living!! Green plants do not burn only the dry twigs. Thank you for making me comprehend the depths of the gospel. God bless son of Noah.

[IotaEtaSigma]

Amazing! Dr. Pitre's insight is absolutely amazing.

[patriciacz]

As always, amazing elucidation of the Bible by Dr. Pitre. This is so very helpful.

[pcm]

I had thought that maybe a few money changers and some small number of animals were driven from the temple. But, Dr. Pitre mentions multitudes of pilgrims coming to Jerusalem for the Passover feast. To accommodate these pilgrims a vast number of animals was required, and it doesn't take much imagination to realize the awful mess those animals would leave in the temple area. Again, Dr. Pitre adds substance to passages that I'd never paid much attention to.

[donnacurran]

Dr.Pitre thank you so very much for your teaching Donna, we love you

[neverenoughadventure]

Very useful for my homily on this passage, thank you!

[stevenwelp]

Agreed, great insights and details of key points instructive to understanding the time period relative to prophecy and facilitates our grasping and actualizing our obligations to "living the Word" and our evangelizing in and out of season wherever we may be.

[RGTomoenage]

THE TEMPLE IS THE BODY OF CHRIST THAT RAISED GLORIOUSLY FROM THE TOmb
Love it.

[mazikode]

Thats a deally clear explanation. So thankful for the clarity you give

[bryanchavez]

I’m obsessed with the truth & I will figure it out‼️

[marilynmelzian]

Thank you. Your interpretation makes much more sense than others that I have heard.

[cuauhtemocmorisco]

So the Son of David never wavered in truth and in wisdom? Amazing!!!!

[brideofchristalleluia]

thank you so much for these revelations

[josephb]

i believe that this passage is also the key that shows that St Joseph and Jesus himself were sort of builders/carpenters. In many other languages the word ``destroy`` is translated ``undo or dismantle``, thus showing care towards his body, but also the sacred stones of the temple. Their reply that the temple took 46 years to build is also intriguing, if you go to your mechanic and tell him, ``dismantle this car engine and i rebuild it in 1 hour`` his reply will be `you can never do it because you are not a mechanic` and not that it takes more than one hour...!!! Plus there are many other instances where Jesus speaks about foundations, towers, cornerstone when the said `is this not the son of the builder/carpenter...?`` they were right ...God himself is the builder/creator of the whole

[stephenchristo]

Nice interpretation, thank you very much.

[Jorge_Magallon]

Always wondered what that whip was made of.

In my meditations, sometimes I’ve imagined Jesus taking his cincture (the Roman Rite rope-like belt a Priests wears at Mass)(now I am anachronistic) to braid as this whip. Other times, I have imagined it being the prayer beads that I have seen some Jews wrap around their arms while doing the standing prayers.

[albertbenny]

Its after reading passages like this and seeing Jesus calling the Pharisees brood of vipers and whitewashed tombs that I feel like what Jesus considers love and what the modern world understands as love is radically different.

[job-]

``there shall be no more a merchant in the house of the sanctuary of the Lord;'' Zechariah 14 : 21