Lesson 17~ Jesus drives out those who turns the temple into a market place

John 2:13-17

It was the time of the Passover for the Jews. Jesus went up to Jerusalem to celebrate it.When he entered the temple, he saw that tables had bee set up to sell animals for the peoples sacrifices. He also saw that the spiritual leaders were telling the people that their animals were not good enough to sacrifice, so that they would have to buy one of the temples animals. To make matters worse, the tables were set up in the only part of the temple that non-Jewish people were permitted to go to pray to God. This made Jesus very angry!

So he sat down,  and made a whip. When he was done making the whip, he started turning tables over onto the floor, using the whip to drive the animals and those who were selling them out of the temple. All the while yelling to them that the temple was for prayer, not to be turned into a marketplace.

His followers remembered what it is written in the Old testament, "My strong love for your temple completely controls me."