The Cleansing of the Temple and the Meeting with Nicodemus

Fr. Apostoli lends insight into the pivotal public event of Christ cleansing the Temple, which would cause all Jewish people to be polarized, either for or against him. In contrast to this censure for blindness, unbelief or unawareness of the sacred presence of God in his Temple and especially in the person of Jesus, John provides the refreshing contrast of a Jewish leader asking for understanding from, and coming to belief in, Christ.