Another angle on Jesus’ view of the temple can be seen in his statements about fasting, found in all three Synoptic Gospels.75 Fasting in this period was not, for Jews, simply an ascetic discipline, part of the general practice of piety. It had to do with Israel’s present condition: it was still in exile. More specifically, it had to do with commemorating the destruction of the temple.76 Zechariah’s promise that the fasts would turn into feasts could come true only when YHWH restored the fortunes