Class 6 - Jesus cleanses the temple.
Class: Church Links & RE Year: 2018 - 2019
This week Class 6 read Mark 11:15-18 Jesus cleanses the temple. ‘Some people in Jerusalem were trading in the temple. Some were changing money unfairly.’
We thought about Jesus as a person and why he became angry?
Here are the children’s responses;
Why was Jesus angry?
William – people were turning the temple (a place of worship) into a market.
Joe – A temple is a place to pray in not a place to turn into a market.
George E – Jesus tipped the table because he knew it wasn’t right to trade in a temple.
Grace – Animals should be set free not caged.
Sophia – The people turned it into a market, Jesus wanted the temple to be quiet so people could pray to God.
Abby – Other people wanted to come to the temple to be healed.
Libby - People are meant to come into the temple quietly, Jesus was angry because people were not using it as a place of worship.