F\u00f3lk flykktist til Jer\u00fasalem \u00e1 p\u00e1skum og fleiri tr\u00faarh\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0um.\u00a0 Einn \u00fe\u00e1ttur gu\u00f0sd\u00fdrkunarinnar \u00fear f\u00f3lst \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 skepnum var f\u00f3rna\u00f0 og korngjafir f\u00e6r\u00f0ar Gu\u00f0i.\u00a0 Hinar \u00fdmsu f\u00f3rnir \u00fatheimtu mismunandi d\u00fdrategundir (sj\u00e1 3M\u00f3s 3.1-13; 14.10,21; 4M\u00f3s 28.16-25). \u00a0\u00deeir sem \u00ed \u00feessu skyni seldu fugla og ferf\u00e6tlinga settu upp st\u00edur og b\u00far \u00ed forgar\u00f0i hei\u00f0ingjanna, sem svo var kalla\u00f0ur.\u00a0 \u00dea\u00f0 var eini sta\u00f0urinn \u00ed musterinu \u00fear sem hei\u00f0ingjum (f\u00f3lki, sem ekki var gy\u00f0ingatr\u00faar) var leyft a\u00f0 st\u00edga f\u00e6ti og \u00feess vegna settu v\u00edxlarar bor\u00f0 s\u00edn \u00fear ni\u00f0ur og \u00fear g\u00e1tu gy\u00f0ingar, sem voru \u00a0langt a\u00f0 komnir, skipt peningum s\u00ednum \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 mynt sem notu\u00f0 var \u00ed musterinu.\u00a0 \u00deessu f\u00e9 var\u00f0i f\u00f3lki\u00f0 til \u00feess a\u00f0 grei\u00f0a hinn \u00e1rlega musteristoll.<\/p>\n
Stundum l\u00e1gu v\u00edxlararnir \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed l\u00faalagi a\u00f0 snu\u00f0a f\u00f3lki\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 f\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed ekki aftur jafnvir\u00f0i \u00feess fj\u00e1r sem \u00fea\u00f0 haf\u00f0i afhent \u00feeim til \u00feess a\u00f0 skipta \u00ed musterispeninga.\u00a0 Jes\u00fas saka\u00f0i \u00feessa kaupmenn og v\u00edxlara um a\u00f0 \u00feeir v\u00e6ru ekkert anna\u00f0 en r\u00e6ningjar.\u00a0 Hann \u00edtreka\u00f0i l\u00edka \u00fea\u00f0, sem Amos sp\u00e1ma\u00f0ur haf\u00f0i haldi\u00f0 fram \u00e1tta \u00f6ldum fyrr:\u00a0 a\u00f0 f\u00f3rnir skiptu s\u00fdnu minna m\u00e1li en r\u00e9ttl\u00e6ti og sanngirni \u00ed annarra gar\u00f0 (sj\u00e1 Amos 5.21-24).\u00a0\u00c6\u00f0stu prestarnir og a\u00f0rir emb\u00e6ttismenn musterisins, \u00e1samt me\u00f0 fj\u00f6lskyldum \u00feeirra, h\u00f6f\u00f0u lifibrau\u00f0 sitt af \u00feessum vi\u00f0skiptum \u00ed musterinu.\u00a0 \u00deeim misl\u00edka\u00f0i \u00fev\u00ed mj\u00f6g a\u00f0 Jes\u00fas skyldi gagnr\u00fdna ath\u00e6fi \u00feeirra.<\/p>\n
Kristur rekur v\u00edxlarana \u00fat \u00far musterinu.\u00a0 Ol\u00edum\u00e1lverk eftir El Greco.\u00a0 M\u00e1larinn, sem einnig var myndh\u00f6ggvari, f\u00e6ddist \u00e1 Kr\u00edt en bj\u00f3 lengst af \u00ed T\u00f3led\u00f3 \u00e1 Sp\u00e1ni.\u00a0 Hann m\u00e1la\u00f0i altarist\u00f6flur og margar myndir af atbur\u00f0um Bibl\u00edunnar.\u00a0 Myndin h\u00e9r a\u00f0 ofan er ein \u00feeirra (sj\u00e1 21.12-17). Myndin er \u00ed eigu National Gallery \u00ed London og er birt me\u00f0 Creative Commons leyfi.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"