Originally posted by karoly aczel
Yet when he was turning up the money changers tables the guards did nothing. A chance for a real revolution missed?
The peace between the Jewish religious leaders and the occupying Roman forces was uneasy. Both sides wanted to avoid conflict because the capacity for bloodshed was high. At the same time, both sides saw any problems as the other side's problem. Physical violence on the Temple grounds was so rare that they were probably taken aback and so short-lived that once it was over, they didn't choose to escalate it.
