Week V John 2:12-25, Jesus Cleanses the Temple, Tuesday, June 5

Major topics:
• Brothers of Jesus
• Passover, Temple in Jerusalem
• Angry Jesus
• “evil” Business

Brothers of Jesus?
• http://catholic.com/library/Brethren_of_the_Lord.asp
CCC 501

Passover



• What is Passover? What do you know about it?
-Ex 12: 1-51
-Korban Pesac: "Paschal Lamb"
-Matzo: unleaven bread
-Removal of chametz
-Maror: bitter herbs
-Recounting the Exodus
-The Four Cups of wine
-CCC 1334, 1340

Temple in Jerusalem
• What do you know about it?
-1 kings 8:1-30
-1st Temple: build by Solomon, 10th century BC, destroyed by the Babylonians, 586 BC
-2nd Temple: built after Cyrus allowed the Jews to return from the Babylonian captivity, completed in 516 BC.
-3rd stage of the Temple: Around 19 BC, Herod the Great began a massive renovation and expansion of the Second Temple Complex. The Temple itself was torn down and a new one built in its place.
The Second Temple was destroyed by Roman Empire troops under general Titus in 70 AD.
-3rd Temple?: Ever since the Second Temple's destruction, a prayer for the construction of a new Third Temple has been a formal part of the thrice daily Jewish prayer services. However, the question of whether and when to construct the Third Temple is disputed both within the Jewish community and without. The physical location of the historic Temple is believed to be occupied by the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.

John 2:15
• why did they need to change money?
-Deut 16:1-2, 5-6, Lev 5:7
-Exodus 30:11-16
• Where did they do these?
-Isaiah 56:6-7



John 2:16-17
• How did Jesus refer to the Temple? What did he imply?
-John 5:18; 10:29-33
• Why does John quote from Psalm 69?
-Psalm 69 1-21

John 2:18
• How did the Jews react? What did the Jews think of Jesus?
-Zechariah 14:21, mal 3:1-3
• Did Jesus give them a sign?

John 2:19-22
• What does Jesus mean when he says that he will destroy the Temple and raise it up in 3 days? What do the Jews think he means?
-CCC 593
• After the Resurrection, what did the disciples remember? What did they do?
John 20:30-31

John 2: 24
• Why did not Jesus Trust them? What do we learn about human nature?
-CCC 401
• What kind of faith does God require of us?
-CCC 1814, 1815

“evil” Business
• Was Jesus against the Temple? What was He against?
-CCC 583, 584, 586
• Are money, business, enterprise evil? What’s the Christian attitude?
-1 Tim 5:8, Deut 8:18, 1 Thess 4:11, 2 Thess 3:8-12
-CCC 2426-28

Angry Jesus?
• How does this aggressive Jesus fit the picture of “meek and mild Jesus”?
-1 Peter 4:17-18
• How does this apply to our Christian lives?
-CCC 1695

Advance questions
• Basing on the historical background the Gospel (~90 AD), what do you think John was thinking about when he wrote about the Temple?
-John 14:26
• Why did the evangelist put this story between the wedding and Nicodemus?