IIRC this is the only moment in the Bible that shows Jesus actually angry. He was tossing tables and chasing the rich people out of a Jewish temple because they were using it as a place to make money.
Kind of--it's also a dig at the Temple's system itself. Worshippers had to use animals "without blemish" as their sacrifices, so there were merchants selling doves and lambs that fit the requirement outside of the temple.
Worshippers also had to pay a tax to the temple, and that could only be paid in Tyrene shekels. The money changers exchanged Roman money for the kind the Temple would accept, presumably with a fee.
Rococo style is always "there is a lot going on" 😭
There's even some guy flipped on his back, somehow half-naked from the fall, legs in the air.
My guy; what is going on w/you? Jesus is on the other side of the tables from u, 2 metres away. He's not even Looking at u, this is Theatre Kid behaviour.
He wasn’t angry. He just cursed the fruitless fig tree to represent a a person who bares no fruit of labor.
When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.”
I love how it’s an allegory when Jesus does something that believers don’t agree with, but all the stuff they do believe actually happened exactly as written.
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But I like it just as a "Jesus wrecks the place" story.
There's even some guy flipped on his back, somehow half-naked from the fall, legs in the air.
My guy; what is going on w/you? Jesus is on the other side of the tables from u, 2 metres away. He's not even Looking at u, this is Theatre Kid behaviour.
"Jesus! Doooonn't....DON'T!"
When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.”
Jesus overturning the money-changers’ table, superhero style
"Oh, is that so, Zachariah? Yeah? What if I do this, hah? You like that?"