[COBOL2Java]

No, like Jesus who told Peter to put his sword away when the soldiers came to take him away. I am not arguing at all that we shouldn’t defend ourselves. At all. I’m just saying that the primary messages of Christ include forgiveness, turning the other cheek, and giving more than is asked.

Jesus wasn't defending himself in the Temple. He was angrily judging the money changers, and physically throwing them out! His actions also really pissed off the Jewish authorities. Sorry, but that wasn't a "kumbaya" moment of forgiveness and turning the other cheek.

[Tennessee Nana]

This happened in the Garden of Gethsemane not the Temple...