I'd imagine the scene was a whole lot more chaotic and active in reality than the account lets on. Just think of every modern video where some disgruntled person walks in somewhere and starts breaking shit.

If time travel was a thing, that's one of the events I'd want to watch, and I'm not even Christian. I'd be there to watch the completely dumbfounded priest awkwardly trying to figure out what to do in the background, the temple guard getting run over by the stampede of people, the disciple throwing whatever was to hand, and the enterprising gentleman stealing everything he could get his hands on in the chaos and then running for the door. You know they were all there.