John 2:17

John 2:17

15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables.

16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make ^aMy Father’s house a house of merchandise!”

17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, ^a“Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.”

18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, ^a“What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”

19 Jesus answered and said to them, ^a“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Remembered (emnhsqhsan). First aorist passive indicative of mimnhskw, to remind, "were reminded." Westcott notes the double effect of this act as is true of Christ's words and deeds all through John's Gospel. The disciples are helped, the traders are angered.

That it is written (oti gegrammenon estin). Periphrastic perfect passive indicative of grafw retained in indirect discourse (assertion).

The zeal of thine house (o zhlov tou oikou sou). Objective genitive. "The zeal for thy house."

Shall eat me up (katafagetai me). Future middle indicative of katesqiw, defective verb, to eat down ("up" we say), perfective use of kata-. This future fagomai is from the second aorist efagon. It is a quotation from Psalms 69:9, frequently quoted in the N.T.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 2:17:**

Luke 19:45
John 10:34
James 3:14

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