Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 2:22
They believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said — Concerning his resurrection.
They believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said — Concerning his resurrection.
Verse John 2:22. _REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD SAID THIS UNTO THEM_] αυτοις, _to_ _them_, is wanting in AEHLMS, Matt. BV, upwards of _one hundred_ others; both the _Syriac; Persic, Arabic, Coptic, AEthiopic...
WHEN HE WAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD ... - This saying of our Saviour at that time seemed obscure and difficult. The disciples did not understand it, but they treasured it up in their memory, and the event...
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...
WHEN THEREFORE HE WAS RISEN FROM THE DEED HIS DISCIPLES REMEMBERED. They remembered and understood his words then; they did not now. Then "they believed the Scripture" which foretold his death and re...
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)...
FROM. out from. Greek. _ek._ App-104. THE DEAD. No Article. dead people. See note on Matthew 17:9, and App-139. REMEMBERED. Compare John 2:17. They remembered it after His resurrection, and believed...
_was risen_ Better, _was_ RAISED. Comp. John 21:14; Acts 3:15; Acts 4:10; Acts 5:30. _his disciples remembered_ They recollected it when the event tha
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...
22. TRUSTING BELIEF ἨΓΈΡΘΗ. _Was_ RAISED. Comp. John 21:14; Acts 3:15; Acts 4:10; Acts 5:30. They recollected it when the event which explained it took p
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...
ΉΓΈΡΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΕΓΕΊΡΩ, _см._ John 2:19. Обобщ. _aor._ говорит одновременно о смерти и воскресении, ΈΜΝΉΣΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΜΙΜΝΉΣΚΟΜΑΙ (G3403) помнить, с _gen._ ΑΎΤΟΎ _gen...
AND THEY BELIEVED THE SCRIPTURE,— They yet more firmly believed the scripture in all its prophesies concerning the Messiah's kingdom; and their faith in him was confirmed by the word which Jesus had s...
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...
When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. WHEN THEREFORE HE WAS RISEN...
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...
THAT HE HAD SAID THIS UNTO THEM. — The better texts omit “unto them.” For the way in which the saying, hard to be understood, fixed itself in men’s minds, comp. Matthew 26:61; Matthew 27:40; Mark 14:5...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. 22. “ _When, therefore, he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this_, _and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said._ ” Into docile hearts the...
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...
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...
WHEN THEREFORE HE WAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD,.... Which was three years after this: HIS DISCIPLES REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD SAID THIS UNTO THEM; either to the Jews, or to them the disciples; though the phr...
When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. Ver. 22. _His disciples rememb...
_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...
THE SCRIPTURE; those passages which foretold his death and resurrection. Psalms 16:10-11; ACTS 2:22-36....
The challenge of the Jews:...
WHEN THEREFORE HE WAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD, HIS DISCIPLES REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD SAID THIS UNTO THEM; AND THEY BELIEVED THE SCRIPTURE, AND THE WORD WHICH JESUS HAD SAID. The Jews resented the implicati...
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...
Even Christ's own disciples at the first rather admired than perfectly understood their Lord. It is said of Christ, LUKE 24:45, a little before his ascension into heaven, _Then opened he their underst...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians And he that rejects the incarnation, and is ashamed of the cross for which I am in bonds, this man is antichrist.[24] Tertullian Against Praxeas John, moreove...
John 2:22 Therefore G3767 when G3753 risen G1453 (G5681) from G1537 dead G3498 His G846 disciples G3101 remembered...
. ‘When therefore he was raised from the dead his disciple remembered that he had spoken like this, and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.' Although the disciples did not...
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 2:22. WHEN THEREFORE HE WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD, HIS DISCIPLES REMEMBERED THAT HE SAID THIS. Again (as in John 2:10) we are struck by the suddenness with which the narrative breaks off. It has b...
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...
WHEN THEREFORE HE WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD (Hοτε ουν ηγερθη εκ νεκρων). First aorist passive indicative of εγειρω, to raise up. And not at first then, but only slowly after the disciples themselves...
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...
TEAR DOWN THIS HOUSE OF GOD. He speaks of the miracle of Jonah (see note on John 2:4). The "house of God" is his own human body. Even his disciples didn't understand this, until after he raised from d...
_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...
_When therefore He was risen_, &c. _They believed the Scripture_, which foretold that Christ would rise from the dead. This, which they did not previously understand, they understood when they saw it...
_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 11:16; John 12:16; John 14:26; John 16:4; John 2:11;...
Was risen [η γ ε ρ θ η]. Rev., more correctly, was raised. The same verb as in vv. 19, 20. Had said [ε λ ε γ ε ν]. Rev., more correctly, He spake. The best texts omit unto them. Believed the Scriptur...
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...