Several well-known episodes in the life of Jesus occurred at the Herodian temple. Mary brought Jesus to the temple forty days after he was was born.<ref>Luke 2:22–2:40.</ref> He returned as a 12-year-old to debate the Pharisees.<ref>Luke 2.41-52.</ref> During his ministry, Jesus visited the temple and was outrage by the sight marketers defiling it. He angrily overturned the tables of the money changers.<ref>Mark 11.15-19; Matt. 21.12-17; Luke 19.45-48; John 2.13-25.</ref> In the temptation narrative, the devil brought Jesus to the "pinnacle of the Temple" and challenged him to prove that he son of the God by throwing himself off.<ref>Matt. 4.1-11; Luke 4.1-13.</ref> | Several well-known episodes in the life of Jesus occurred at the Herodian temple. Mary brought Jesus to the temple forty days after he was was born.<ref>Luke 2:22–2:40.</ref> He returned as a 12-year-old to debate the Pharisees.<ref>Luke 2.41-52.</ref> During his ministry, Jesus visited the temple and was outrage by the sight marketers defiling it. He angrily overturned the tables of the money changers.<ref>Mark 11.15-19; Matt. 21.12-17; Luke 19.45-48; John 2.13-25.</ref> In the temptation narrative, the devil brought Jesus to the "pinnacle of the Temple" and challenged him to prove that he son of the God by throwing himself off.<ref>Matt. 4.1-11; Luke 4.1-13.</ref> |