The threat of arrest never stopped Jesus from going to Jerusalem … The evangelist Mark concentrates on his last visit to the holy city and emphasizes his determination to reach it in time for the Passover feast.
Bear in mind that only the gospel of Luke was written in chronological order. The other 3 are broadly chronological, but some of the events and teachings are grouped thematically. This is most likely why the event of Jesus overturning the tables outside the temple shows up in different places.
I can accept that we are reading two different versions of the same event, or, as Alfeyev believes, similar events happened at different times. For me, the more important issue: what are there differences in the description of the event - or differences in the two different, but similar, events - and what might we learn from these differences?
Bear in mind that only the gospel of Luke was written in chronological order. The other 3 are broadly chronological, but some of the events and teachings are grouped thematically. This is most likely why the event of Jesus overturning the tables outside the temple shows up in different places.
I can accept that we are reading two different versions of the same event, or, as Alfeyev believes, similar events happened at different times. For me, the more important issue: what are there differences in the description of the event - or differences in the two different, but similar, events - and what might we learn from these differences?