Have you ever had one of those times when you had just had enough? One of those times that you have held your breath, you have turned away, maybe many times, because you just don’t like what you see going on, but then finally come to the point that you just can’t turn away one more time? You’ve had enough, and you decide you just can’t be silent any longer. So you do something fairly dramatic. Looking back on it, it may not have been all that smart, but you had had enough and you did it. Can you remember one of those times? Take just a moment and search your memory, and maybe this story about Jesus cleansing the temple will make a little more sense.

But before we actually begin the story let’s recognize some of the confusion around this incident and get it out of the way so we can hear wh…