# Did Jesus ever get mad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214 "2012-06-05T23:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/1 "2012-06-05T23:01:56Z")
I was watching this cool documentary today. It showed him smashing all kinds of shit. I thought he would be above that. (I did not know they had machine guns back when.) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/2 "2012-06-05T23:05:36Z")
He was pretty pissed when he saw the market that was built in the church, he was smashing all kinds of shit then. Jesus was human ya know. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/3 "2012-06-05T23:25:24Z")
It depends on which Gospel you read. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/4 "2012-06-05T23:26:54Z")
I think Jesus smashing up the market place in the temple is help up as an example of righteous anger. ---
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/5 "2012-06-05T23:31:05Z")
Later in the show a bunch of guys started singing about being an opossum. Have no idea what that meant. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/6 "2012-06-05T23:36:17Z")
What’s the buzz? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/7 "2012-06-06T00:10:10Z")
The moneychangers in the temple got him mad. He smashed up their stuff and “threw” them from the temple. So the story goes. I don’t know that he beat them up, or ordered them to leave or what. So when having a church bake sale, remember not to charge retail. That and Jesus isn’t keen on bankers. My recollection is that moneychangers charged full retail plus for animals to be sacrificed and that they charged a premium for converting unclean money into temple money. There are others who post on the boards, Tomndebb and Polycarp (he still here?) who know a heck of a lot more about this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/8 "2012-06-06T00:12:09Z")
There was also that poor fig tree in the desert. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/9 "2012-06-06T00:15:59Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s happening! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/10 "2012-06-06T00:38:14Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Tell me what’s happening! Why should you want to know? > [@Jragon](#): > > There was also that poor fig tree in the desert. God hates figs. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/11 "2012-06-06T00:43:08Z")
Jesus had several siblings. Of course He got pissed off at times. He felt everything you and I feel. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/12 "2012-06-06T00:46:23Z")
Fuck yea! He would just step back, count to five and think to himself, “_ **WWDD?** _” What would Daddy do? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/13 "2012-06-06T00:59:19Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > What would Daddy do? “Smite someone!” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/14 "2012-06-06T01:03:43Z")
Little known fact: he smashed up the market because he cut his finger trying to open a blister pack of Loaves n’ Fishes Sticks. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/15 "2012-06-06T01:20:50Z")
It’s not as dramatic and rage-y as driving the moneychangers out of the temple, but Jesus also seemed pretty mad at the pharisees for missing the point of God’s commands and trying to enforce a strict letter-of-the-law interpretation of the faith without actually trying to be decent people. I have a hard time not imagining an angry tone in Jesus’ voice in [Matthew 12](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+23&version=NIV). > [@](#): > > 15 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are. > … > 23 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. > … > 33 "You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/16 "2012-06-06T01:37:11Z")
Yes it appears like Jesus got PO’ed a few times, the money changers is the prime example - which He did 2x. I believe it was because He was in human flesh and justified because of that. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/17 "2012-06-06T01:37:43Z")
Sure it sounds bad like this: > [@](#): > > “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?” But just a little touch and you’ve got: > [@](#): > > “You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? :)” See how much better that looks? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/18 "2012-06-06T01:39:29Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > God hates figs. If I ever go to an anti-Phelps rally, I am soooo putting this on a sign. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/19 "2012-06-06T02:38:04Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > God hates figs. Figs can be [Newtons](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.slashfood.com/media/2008/01/fignewtonsamazon.jpg). Newtons love [Science](http://store.applebazaar.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/issac3.jpg). So, God hates [Science](http://www.str.org/images/content/pagebuilder/36079.jpg). _Hits the “That Was Easy” button_ ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214/20 "2012-06-06T06:49:51Z")
His dad was known for some murderous fits of rage–drowning everyone, except for one couple, for misbehaving comes to mind. Some of that must have rubbed off on his son. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-ever-get-mad/624214.md?page=2)