Editorial

Jesus of Nazareth talks with two sisters -- Martha (left) and Mary (right) in Bethany today. He took a day off from teaching in Temple Square, where he has had several run-ins this week with the Pharisees and Sadducees who disagree with his religious philosophies. {Artwork by Frederik Ludvig Storch (1805-1883)}

“Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s,” healer/teacher Jesus bar-Joseph told a crowd in Temple Square today. The Nazarene carpenter continued teaching, and verbally sparring with religious leaders, at the Temple today. {Artwork by Anton Dorph (1831-1914)}

This was the scene in Temple Square yesterday when Jesus of Nazareth made a whip and drove merchants and money-changers out of the area, saying the Temple should be a place of worship and not commerce. His show of righteous anger has made him even more unpopular with Jewish religious leaders than he was before he arrived to a throng proclaiming him to be the Israel’s promised “messiah.” {Artwork by Carl Bloch (1834-1890)}