Holy Week - On Monday, Jesus was angered in the temple

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By Sara Ipatenco

"Christ driving the Traders from the Temple" about 1600, by El Greco. Image courtesy of National Gallery of Art, London, UK

On Monday, Jesus entered the temple to discover that people were hawking their wares in the house of God. He got angry and overturned their tables, driving them out of the temple. He preached to the people about reserving the temple as a place for prayer; then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem. [More]