Commentary: Jesus seems to continue to act spontaneously -- even impulsively -- as he purges the temple. This passage is the first time God is named "Father" in John, and it is interesting to note that it follows immediately upon the miracle involving his mother. Very deliberately, Jesus is beginning to show the difference between earthly parenthood and godly Fatherhood.

Not only is the use of "Father" a sort of play on words, so is the word "temple." Some of us can see only with earthly eyes (a stone temple -- a mortal parent), but Jesus makes us think of more holy concepts, where all bodies are temples, and our creator Father resides both in heaven and with us.

Prayer 9: Lord Jesus Christ, your Father's house is still …