John 2:23

ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις for ἐν Ἱερ. S. John alone gives Ἱεροσόλυμα the article, here, John 5:2; John 10:22; John 11:18; contrast John 1:19; John 4:20-21; John 2:13; John 5:1; John 11:55; John 12:12.

23. Note the different force of ἐν and the exactness of detail: in Jerusalem, at the Passover, during the Feast.

εἰς τὸ ὄνομα. See on John 1:12. θεωροῦντες. See on John 6:2.

τὰ σημεῖα. None of these ‘signs’ are recorded; comp. John 4:45; John 7:31; John 11:47; John 12:35; John 20:30; John 21:25; Mark 1:34; Mark 6:55-56. The number of miracles wrought by Jesus during His public life was so great (ἐποίει = was habitually doing), that a writer inventing a Gospel would almost inevitably place them throughout His whole life. That the Evangelists rigidly confine them to the last few years, greatly adds to our confidence in their accuracy. But the faith which was born of wonder would be likely to cease when the wonder ceased, as here: comp. Simon Magus (Acts 8:13).