Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
Ver. 18. What sign] They might have seen sign enough, in his so powerful ejecting of those money merchants. But Church reformations are commonly thus diversely entertained. The disciples call it zeal, the Jews rashness.
Verse John 2:18. _WHAT SIGN SHOWEST THOU_] See notes on Matthew 12:38; Matthew 16:1. When Moses came to deliver Israel, he gave signs, or miracles, that he acted under a Divine commission. What mirac...
WHAT SIGN ... - What “miracle” dost thou work? He assumed the character of a prophet. He was reforming, by his “authority,” the temple. It was natural to ask by what authority this was done; and as th...
CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 2:1-22 _ 1. The Marriage in Cana. (John 2:1 .)_ 2. The Temple Cleansed. (John 2:12 .) The second chapter gives the record of the first miracle reported in this Gospel. He manifest...
THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. The Passover of the Jews as an author writing for Christians naturally describes it without special significance or bias, was near. Jesus, following the custom of the reli...
THEN ANSWERED THE JEWS. I suppose that "the Jews" has an official signification as in John 1:19. As soon as they have time to recover from their surprise, the officials demand his authority for these...
His disciples remembered that there is a scripture which stands written: "For zeal for your house has consumed me." Then the Jews demanded of him: "What sign do you show us to justify your acting in t...
THE NEW EXHILARATION (John 2:1-11)...
ANSWERED... SAID. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41 and App-122. SIGN. Same as "miracle", John 2:11. SEEING, &c. Supply the _Ellipsis_ (App-6). "What sign shewest thou to us [that Thou art the Messiah],...
_the Jews_ See on John 1:19. _What sign shewest thou_ We have a similar question Matthew 21:23, but the widely different answer shews that the occasion is not the same. Such demands would be made oft...
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
ΟἹ ἸΟΥΔΑΙ͂ΟΙ. See on John 1:19. On ἀπεκρίθησαν see on John 10:32. ΤΊ ΣΗΜΕΙ͂ΟΝ. We have a similar question Matthew 21:23, but the widely different answer shews that the occasion is different. Such dema...
THE FIRST CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE...
Ver 18. Then answered the Jews and said to him, What sign show you to us, seeing that you do these things? 19. Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it u...
_JESUS' FIRST PASSOVER DURING HIS PERSONAL MINISTRY INCLUDED A SIGN -- JOHN 2:18-22:_ The Jews wanted a sign and were shocked at the sign that Jesus gave them. "Then answered the Jews and said unto hi...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΑΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G45) отвечать, ΟΎΝ (G3767) в ответ. Об ответном использовании этой частицы _см._ DM, 254. ΣΗΜΕΊΟΝ знак. См. ст. 11 (_см._ Morris, 684-91; Peter R...
DISCOURSE: 1607 THE RESURRECTION, A PROOF OF CHRIST’S MESSIAHSHIP John 2:18. _Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus answ...
THEN ANSWERED THE JEWS, &C.— A fact so public and remarkable as this, could not but immediately come to the knowledge of the priests and rulers of the Jews, whose supreme council sat in a magnificent...
RESULTS OF THE CLEANSING _Text 2:18-22_ 18 The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? 19 Jesus answered and said unto them...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 2:12-25 "After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days" (John 2:12). This...
Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? THEN ANSWERED THE JEWS AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT SIGN SHOWEST THOU UNTO US, SEEING THAT...
1 Cana, in Hebrew, means "acquire". The marriage feast is a sign of the time when the Son acquires the kingdom, and as the bridegroom is elated over the bride, so will He be elated over Israel (Isa_62...
THE WEDDING AT CANA. THE TEMPLE CLEANSED 1-11. The marriage at Cana. This miracle is not recorded by the synoptists because it occurred before the beginning of the ministry proper. St. John records it...
The Jews seek a sign. First prophecy of the Resurrection. 19. Destroy this temple (or, rather, 'sanctuary')] These words made a deep impression, and were quoted against Jesus, in a maliciously altered...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 2 JESUS CHANGES WATER SO THAT IT BECOMES WINE 2:1-12 V1 The next day, there was a wedding in Cana in *Galilee. Jesus’ m...
THEN ANSWERED THE JEWS. — Comp. for the meaning of “the Jews” John 1:19; and for their question, Matthew 21:23. The Mosaic legislation contained a warning against the efficiency of the test by signs ...
CHAPTER 6 THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. “After this He went down to Capernaum, He, and His mother, and His brethren, and His disciples: and there they abode not many days. And the Passover of the Jews...
RIGHT AND WRONG USES OF GOD'S HOUSE John 2:12-22 This market was established in the Temple courts, and many evils were associated with it. The animals were sold at exorbitant prices, which made the d...
At Cana our Lord wrought what John describes as the "beginning of His signs." It was a sign of power in the realm of creation, and of it being exercised in answer to faith. It was a sign, moreover, of...
(5) Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What (h) sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? (5) Against those who so bind God to an ordinary calling, which they themselves...
PURIFICATION 0F THE TEMPLE John 2:13-25. _“And the Passover of the Jews was nigh, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”_ The Passover began April 14th, through all the ages of Israel, celebrating the exodu...
FIRST SECTION: 2:12-3:36. JESUS IN JUDEA. Here again, as in the preceding story, the course of the narrative is steadily continuous and its historical development accurately graduated. Jesus first app...
VER. 18. “ _The Jews, therefore, answered and said unto him: What sign showest thou unto us, that thou doest these things?_ ” The particle, _therefore_, connects again with John 2:16, after the interr...
SECOND CYCLE: 2:12-4:54. This second cycle is naturally divided into three sections: 1. The ministry of Jesus in _Judea_, John 2:12 to John 3:36; 2. The return through _Samaria: John 4:1-42_; 3. Th...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. XI. Beginning with John 2:13, the account of the first visit of Jesus to Jerusalem is given. There can be little doubt that the five or six disciples were wit...
The effect is described in John 2:17-22. We meet here a fact, which will repeat itself at every manifestation of the Lord's glory; a twofold impression is produced, according to the moral predispositi...
Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? (19) Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will ra...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
18._What sign showest thou to us? _When in so large an assembly no man laid hands on Christ, and none of the dealers in cattle or of the money-changers repelled him by violence, we may conclude that t...
The third day we find in chapter 2. A marriage takes place in Galilee. Jesus is there; and the water of purification is changed into the wine of joy for the marriage-feast. Afterwards at Jerusalem He...
THEN ANSWERED THE JEWS, AND SAID UNTO HIM,.... They did not lay hands on him, or offer any violence to him; they did not, as the inhabitants of Nazareth did, thrust him out, and lead him to a precipic...
_Then answered the Jews_ “A fact so public and remarkable as that just mentioned, could not but immediately come to the knowledge of the priests and rulers of the Jews, whose supreme council sat in a...
WHAT SIGN SHOWEST THOU; what miracle dost thou work in proof of thy authority to do these things?...
THEN ANSWERED THE JEWS AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT SIGN SHOWEST THOU UNTO US, SEEING THAT THOU DOEST THESE THINGS...
The challenge of the Jews:...
A MARRIAGE ON THE THIRD DAY (vs.1-12) Now we are told of a third day, and a marriage in Cana. This is typical of Israel's new relationship with their Messiah and the receiving of the joy of His mirac...
12-22 The first public work in which we find Christ engaged, was driving from the temple the traders whom the covetous priests and rulers encouraged to make a market-place of its courts. Those now ma...
Which of the Jews, whether some of the magistrates, or the priests, (who were more specially concerned for their profit), or the common people, or all together, is not said. They undertake not to just...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Know ye therefore, that every lie is from without, and is not of the truth. Who is a liar, but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is Antichrist."[288]...
John 2:18 So G3767 Jews G2453 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) Him G846 What...
‘The Judaisers therefore answered and said to him, “What sign do you show us that you do these things?” ' Certain fervent Judaisers (men of religious dedication among the Jews) who had observed all th...
THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE (JOHN 2:13). It is difficult to avoid the feeling that this narrative is given here on close proximity to what has gone before because it illustrates the fulfilment of the...
John 2:18. THE JEWS THEREFORE ANSWERED. The effect on the disciples has been related; what will be the response of the rulers to the self-revelation of Jesus? The word ‘therefore' answers to the Evang...
In the passage before us we have the first section of the third great division of our Gospel. Jesus leaves the circle of His disciples, and begins His public work. This is done at Jerusalem, after a f...
WHAT SIGN SHEWEST THOU UNTO US? (Τ σημειον δεικνυεις ημιν;). They may have heard of the "sign" at Cana or not, but they have rallied a bit on the outside of the temple area and demand proof for his...
CONTENTS: The marriage at Cana and the first miracle of Jesus. The passover and the purification of the temple. CHARACTERS: Jesus, mother, disciples. CONCLUSION: Those who expect the favors of Chris...
John 2:1. _The third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee,_ when the sun of righteousness shone out with divine glory. Cana of Galilee is here mentioned to distinguish it from Cana near Sidonia...
WHAT MIRACLE CAN YOU PERFORM? To do what Jesus had just done required some authority. They are asking him to prove this authority by performing some miracle that would impress them....
_What sign showest Thou?_ CHRIST AND THE RULERS I. THE DISPUTE WHICH FOLLOWED HIS PROCEEDING IN THE TEMPLE. 1. The remonstrance addressed to Him by the Jews. The parties were the authorities of the...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 2:13 Matthew, Mark, and Luke record a second clearing of the temple, just prior to the crucifixion (see Mark 11:15 and parallels). By clearing the temple, Jesus displays prophetic pa...
CHAPTER 2 _On the third day_, &c. _The third day_, that is, from Christ's departure for Galilee, and the calling of Philip. For this was the last date mentioned by S. John. The following is the sequen...
_The Jews therefore answered_, &c. Meaning, what miracle dost Thou show, that Thou takest upon Thyself, contrary to the custom, to cast the sellers out of the Temple, as having received authority from...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 2:18. The disciples saw in Christ’s action the fulfilment of the old Scripture, the Jews an excuse for a further demand for a sign. John 2:19. DESTROY THIS TEMPL...
EXPOSITION VERSES 2:1-3:4 _The testimony of signs to the glory of the Word made flesh._ JOHN 2:1 (1) _The first sign, the beginning of signs, Mastery over the old creation. Sign of love and power....
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to John. The gospel of John was the last of the gospels that were written. It was written towards the close of that first century, written by John,...
Acts 4:7; Acts 5:28; John 1:25; John 6:30; Luke 11:29;...
Answered. Often used in reply to an objection or criticism, or to something present in another's mind, as John 19:7, or John 3:3, where Jesus answers with reference to the error in Nicodemus ' mind, r...
THE FATHER'S HOUSE John 2:12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The connecting link. The connecting verse between the last study and this one, is John 2:12. In that verse we read that Jesus went to Capernaum, H...
Then answered the Jews — Either some of those whom he had just driven out, or their friends: What sign showest thou? — So they require a miracle, to confirm a miracle!...
Observe here, 1. How exceedingly offended the Jews were at the reformation which our Saviour had made in the house of God; they were awed indeed with the majesty of this great work, and durst not open...