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John's gospel, interestingly enough, though, puts the story of the cleansing of the Temple as the very first episode in Jesus' public career. More than two years earlier, and no mention is made of ...

The journey starts at a temple at the Temple Mount where Jesus was said to teach everyday ... signifying a symbolic cleansing of the 'house of God' right before his own sacrifice.

And especially once you come to Jerusalem, and we have Jesus confronting the priests of Jerusalem and the cleansing of the Temple scene, it's hard to figure out exactly what all of this means.

As soon as Jesus and his disciples arrive in Jerusalem they go to the temple. It was customary for animals to be sacrificed. However, the animals that were to be offered as sacrifices had to be ...