Bobzammel

In the synoptics Jesus is immeadiatly led by the Holy spirit to the wilderness after his baptism to fast and be tempted by Satan.
However in the Gospel of John, events play out differently. In that Gospel, Jesus is potrayed as being baptized and then recruiting his disciples, then attending a wedding celebration, and then going briefly to Jerusalem, where he knocks over the money tables--something which according to the synoptics, he did later on. Although Jesus's dialogue is slightly different than the synoptics, the inciddent in John can not be a seperate inciddent--it's just too similar. The same goes for the annointing at Bethany, which I mentioned in another thread and which has all sorts of issues.

Amos

John is the Catholic Gospel where Jesus was invited to the banquet. The wedding in Cana is the final consumation of Jesus where he comes to the realization who his mother is and how she was behind his liberation ever since he was born.

The recruitment of his disciples are evidence that reason prevailed in the mind of Jesus after his crisis moment (the crucifixion). These same diciples were once his shepherds. After metanoia they were called to be apostels and now are recalled into the upper room to go fishing with.

Notice here that Mary, who is in charge of the HS, was with Jesus while the other perspectives needed to wrestle with the exterior Jesus and were never aware of the interior Cana event.

Later Jesus cleansed the temple to indicate that religion had served him well and now perceived the difference between good and evil of religion. Yes, it means that religion encourages sin out of which salvation must emerge. Hence the end of religion is a necessary Christian condition.