Leon:

Your reading of the gospels is entertaining but off the mark. The temple discussion does come up in Mark 14 as the starting point for interrogation, although the remarks are so bungled that they do not proceed on this basis. The temple incident is the starting point for the controversies of the last week. So it does come up again. Jesus' respect for the temple is the reason he complains about how the temple is operated. The complaint is not against the temple but the leadership's handling of it. (on Jesuse respect for the temple, you are right). The commerical activity you describe as on the edge of the temple is likely in the portico area on the mount.

As for swatting away evidence, I will let others judge on that one. You still have not answered a few key points, such as Paul's argumentation not pointing to official innocence. Nor can you explain the continued opposition that the Annas clan had against the new movement if they really tried to help Jesus. It is clear from the sources, at all levels, thatt he leadership was very uncompfortable with Jesus. These are the very factors that make the sifted Greek version of Josephus as the more likely reading coming from him.

dlb