In this week's edition of "There's more in the Gospel than meets the eye," Jill Bevilacqua
and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Third Sunday of
Lent. Listen: GospelJn
2:13-25
Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He
found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the
money changers seated there. He made a whip out of cords and drove them all
out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen, and spilled the coins of the money
changers and overturned their tables, and to those who sold doves he said, "Take
these out of here, and stop making my Father's house a marketplace." His disciples
recalled the words of Scripture, Zeal for your house will consume me. At this
the Jews answered and said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?" Jesus
answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise
it up." The Jews said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six
years, and you will raise it up in three days?" But he was speaking about the
temple of his body. Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples
remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the Scripture and
the word Jesus had spoken.
While he was in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, many
began to believe in his name when they saw the signs he was doing. But Jesus
would not trust himself to them because he knew them all, and did not need anyone
to testify about human nature. He himself understood it well.