1. Zeal for the father's house consumed Jesus (13-17)

It was near Passover. Jesus went to the temple in Jerusalem. He drove animals out of the temple courts. He scattered the coins of the moneychangers and overturned their tables. Why? It was because they turned the temple of God into a market. Outwardly the sacrificial animals and moneychangers made Israelites convenient to observe the Passover. But inwardly they exchanged the main purpose of God's holy temple into money making. Though Jesus is graceful, if our hearts, the temple of God is occupied not by God but by something else, he will be angry with us too. His disciples understood Jesus' act by remembering the scriptures, "Zeal for your house will consume me!"

2. After he was raised from the dead (18-25)

But the Jews were angry and asked for a sign to prove his authority to do all these. Jesus answered, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days." They thought it nonsense because it took 46 years to build it. But Jesus meant his body as the temple. His death and resurrection in three days proved that he is the Son of God. His disciples remembered his word and believed Jesus. Because of his signs, many more believed but Jesus did not depend on them at all.