Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 65 (9164 total)
1 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,914 Year: 4,171/9,624 Month: 1,042/974 Week: 1/368 Day: 1/11 Hour: 1/0


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   The Moneychangers
Brian
Member (Idle past 4989 days)
Posts: 4659
From: Scotland
Joined: 10-22-2002


Message 14 of 21 (374658)
01-05-2007 9:38 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Phat
01-04-2007 2:15 PM


Not just any church
I think you may be missing the point of this fairytale.
Jesus wasn't upset because there was money being exchanged in a church, it was specifically because it was the Temple, the Temple made for God.
The author of John for example even says 'To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!" , it is just a story to try and convince people that God was Jesus' father.
What are the odds of one man clearing the Temple of its traders? Were the moneychangers little old ladies with little purses of money? I think realistically the moneychangers would be well protected and the area in general would be well guarded by Romans.
It is a wee story, you shouldn't read too much into it.
Brian.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 1 by Phat, posted 01-04-2007 2:15 PM Phat has not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024