• Rugnjr@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 hours ago

        He’s mad that people are selling stuff in the temple when it should be holy (and commercial activity is NOT holy)

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          It wasn’t just commercial activity. Money changers were charging a fee to buy shekels which people could use to buy an animal to sacrifice at the temple. Jesus was mad because the idea of inserting yourself as a middleman to extort money from people seeking salvation was basically blasphemy.