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cleansing of the temple sacrilegious money-changers driven out of temple by Christ. [N.T.: Matthew, 21:12–13; Mark, 11:15–18] See : Sacrilege |
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At the same time, however, the cleansing of the temple was perhaps also a kind of symbolic retaking of it. The cleansing of the Temple likewise suggests "a military action"; hence Jesus "the unsuccessful aspirant for the crown of King David. Indeed, the cleansing of the temple, as we so softly refer to it, is not a gentle act. |
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