Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
eaten me up—a glorious feature in the predicted character of the suffering Messiah (Psalms 69:9), and rising high even in some not worthy to loose the latchet of His shoes. (Exodus 32:19, etc.).
CHRIST'S FIRST PASSOVER—FIRST CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. (John 2:13-25)
in the temple—not the temple itself, as John 2:19-21, but the temple-court.
sold oxen, etc.—for the convenience of those who had to offer them in sacrifice.
changers of money—of Roman into Jewish money, in which the temple dues (see on Matthew 17:24) had to be paid.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 2:17:
Psalms 69:7-12
Isaiah 59:17
Luke 19:45-46
John 2:14-17
John 15:25
2 Corinthians 7:7
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