Gospel
text (Jn 2,13-22): As
the Passover of the Jews was at hand, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the Temple
court He found merchants selling oxen, sheep and doves, and money-changers
seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the
Temple court, together with the oxen and sheep. He knocked over the tables of
the money-changers, scattering the coins, and ordered the people selling doves,
«Take all this away and stop turning my Father's house into a marketplace!».
His disciples recalled the words of Scripture: ‘Zeal for your House devours me
as a fire’.
The Jews then questioned Jesus, «Where are the miraculous signs which give you the right to do this?». And Jesus said, «Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up». The Jews then replied, «The building of this temple has already taken forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?». Actually, Jesus was referring to the temple of his body. Only when He had risen from the dead, did his disciples remember these words; then they believed both the Scripture and the words Jesus had spoken.
The Jews then questioned Jesus, «Where are the miraculous signs which give you the right to do this?». And Jesus said, «Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up». The Jews then replied, «The building of this temple has already taken forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?». Actually, Jesus was referring to the temple of his body. Only when He had risen from the dead, did his disciples remember these words; then they believed both the Scripture and the words Jesus had spoken.
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