Queerying Lent 3B

Rev. Emily E. Ewing queeries the Gospel reading.

 

Gospel: John 2:13-22

¹³The Passover of the Jewish people was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. ¹⁵Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. Jesus also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” 

 

¹⁷Jesus' disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” 

 

¹⁸The Judeans then said to Jesus, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” 

 

¹⁹Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 

 

²⁰The Jude then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” 

 

²¹But Jesus was speaking of the temple of his body. ²²After Jesus was raised from the dead, the disciples remembered that Jesus had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

 

Queeries for the text:

Why is this so early in John's gospel?

How long does it take to make a whip of cords?

When is a sanctuary a marketplace?

Where is it written?

Which temple is Jesus talking about?

When was the Temple constructed?

How does memory spark belief?

 

What are your queeries?