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A whipping and holy anger in the temple

  I am Philostina, but people call me the Samaritan woman. I have followed Jesus since we met at the well in Samaria. I remember that day so clearly, he changed my life forever.   In fact, Sychar has never been the same.     I know Jesus pretty well. I have been through a lot with him, but I have never seen him like this before. I was terrified when I was with him today in the temple area. He was so angry that he made a whip and was lashing it all over the place. Jesus has always been about honesty and truth, he works hard to teach others what is just, and whenever he can, he lifts up the lowly, the poor; people like me who never had a chance. Today in the temple was no different in this regard, but his emotions really got the better of him.     Jesus is challenging many ideas and customs about his Jewish tradition. The poor and the widows are having such a hard time paying the customary offerings; Jesus sees this as an unnecessary and cruel burden...