The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
John 2 places Jesus' violent cleansing of the temple at the very beginning of his public ministry, right after the Cana wedding miracle and years before his arrest. The Synoptics place it at the very end of his ministry: Luke 19 has him doing it the same day as the triumphal entry, Matthew 21 and Mark 11 have him doing it the day after.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
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"John 2:13 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/john/2/13?version=WEB (retrieved 26 August 2026).