You haven't quoted any OB. We need verification of your observations to make an evaluation of their validity.Really? So verifiable hostoric accounts won't was here, then?
No! Mercy before Sacrifice was clearly a call to avoid the Temple and Priesthood's money-go-round .........
That's why JtB and Jesus immersed in water for ext to nothing!
I do not see anything like this revealed in scripture. If you can quote your sources of information we can make a comparison with what they say and what the Bible says. Is that not fair in this discussion?
This is all wibbly wobbly! The money changers were exchanging provincial money for Half and Full Tyrian shekels.... and nothing more.
Jesus was angry at that...... and sacrificial fees, and heuve been pleased about the graven images and Baal head on the coins! Hypocrisy everywhere..... and mammon.
No doubt there was a lot of corruption as Jesus repeatedly referred to it. Jesus drove out the animals that were being sold inside the temple area for profit, angrily telling those men that they were turning God's house into a "robbers den" (Matthew 21:12-13 NASB). He overturned their tables scattering their ill gotten gains. This was no place to make money.
Money Changer — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY
Totally different. The offering trumpets in the Women's Court received any coinage and was not compulsory
The point was, that money donations in themselves were not looked down upon by Jesus, who himself paid the temple tax.
"In the time of Jesus’ earthly ministry, the Jews paid two drachmas to the temple. When asked whether Jesus complied with this taxation, Peter replied in the affirmative. Later, in discussing the matter, Jesus pointed out that kings do not tax their sons, the sons being part of the royal household for whom tax is collected. However, though being the only-begotten Son of the One worshiped at the temple, Jesus, to avoid giving occasion for stumbling others, saw to it that the tax was paid.—Mt 17:24-27." *