Webthe chapter focuses on three episodes upon whose authenticity most scholars agree: The act of “cleansing” the temple; The accusation that jesus says he will destroy (and. As if throwing a flame onto oil, jesus. The two passages may have been two different instances of jesus cleansing. Webthe synoptic gospels all report that jesus cleansed the temple after his triumphal entry during the last week of his ministry (matt. Webin this sermon on the cleansing of the temple, dr. 12 and jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and he overturned the tables of the.