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Verse John 2:20. _FORTY AND SIX YEARS WAS THIS TEMPLE IN BUILDING_]
The temple of which the Jews spake was begun to be rebuilt by Herod
the Great, in the 18th year of his reign: Jos. Ant. b. xv. c. 1...
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THEN SAID THE JEWS ... - The Jews, either from the ambiguity of his
language, or more probably from a design to cavil, understood him as
speaking of the temple at Jerusalem. What he said here is all t...
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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...
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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...
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FORTY AND SIX YEARS WAS THIS TEMPLE IN BUILDING.
It had been forty-six years since Herod the Great had begun his work.
At this time the work was not fully completed and workmen were still
engaged on s...
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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...
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THE NEW EXHILARATION (John 2:1-11)...
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FORTY AND SIX YEARS. Begun B.C. 20. See Josephus, _Wars,_ I. xxi. 1.
REAR. raise....
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_Forty and six years_, &c. This was the third Temple. Solomon's Temple
was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. Zerubbabel's was rebuilt by Herod the
Great. The Greek implies that the building began 46 years...
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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...
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ΤΕΣΣΕΡΆΚΟΝΤΑ. This Ionic form of τεσσαράκοντα
has good MS. authority here, Revelation 11:2; Revelation 13:5;
Revelation 14:1; R
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THE FIRST CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE...
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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...
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_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...
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FORTY AND SIX YEARS WAS THIS TEMPLE, &C.— _Hath this temple been in
building._ Heylin. Though Herod finished what he proposed in eight or
nine years, yet the Jews continued to beautify and adorn the t...
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RESULTS OF THE CLEANSING
_Text 2:18-22_
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The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou
unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
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Jesus answered and said unto them...
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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...
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Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building,
and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
THEN SAID THE JEWS, FORTY AND SIX YEARS WAS THIS TEMPLE IN BUILDING.
From the 18th year...
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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...
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2:20 temple (f-11) _ Naos_ . The house itself -- the shrine....
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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...
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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...
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Three temples have stood on Mt. Moriah: (1) Solomon's Temple, (2)
Zerubbabel's Temple, (3) Herod's Temple. This last, however, some
regard not as a new Temple, but as Zerubbabel's Temple repaired and...
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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...
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They profess to seek a sign for evidence; they use it for cavil.
FORTY AND SIX YEARS WAS THIS TEMPLE IN BUILDING. — It is implied
that it was not then finished. The date of the completion is given by...
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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...
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The Jews naturally saw no reference to His own body or to its
resurrection, and replied to the letter of His words,
τεσσεράκοντα.… The Temple was begun to be rebuilt in the
eighteenth year of Herod's...
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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...
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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...
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Six and forty years, &c. This many understand of the time the second
temple was building, from the edict of Cyrus to the sixth year of
Darius Hystaspes. Others, of the enlarging and beautifying the te...
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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...
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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...
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VER. 20. “ _The Jews said, therefore: Forty-six years was this
temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?_ ”
The restoration of the temple by Herod had begun in the eighteenth
year o...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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20._Forty and six years. _The computation of Daniel agrees with this
passage, (Daniel 9:25;) for he reckons _seven weeks_, which make
Forty-nine years; but, before the last of these weeks had ended, _...
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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...
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THEN SAID THE JEWS,.... Unto him, as read the Syriac, Arabic, Persic,
and Ethiopic versions:
FORTY AND SIX YEARS WAS THIS TEMPLE IN BUILDING; which cannot be
understood of the temple as built by Solo...
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Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building,
and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
Ver. 20. _Forty and six years_] All, save what lacks; for it was six
years' work only, but...
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_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...
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FORTY AND SIX YEARS; it was so many years since Herod the Great had
commenced repairing, or, more properly, rebuilding the temple, sixteen
years before the Saviour's birth. During this period addition...
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The challenge of the Jews:...
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THEN SAID THE JEWS, FORTY AND SIX YEARS WAS THIS TEMPLE IN BUILDING,
AND WILT THOU REAR IT UP IN THREE DAYS?...
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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...
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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...
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The Jews understood his words of that material temple in which they at
this time were, which the best interpreters think was the temple built
by Ezra and Zerubbabel; but how to make it out that it was...
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Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Third
They therefore who lie deny the Lord, and rob Him, not giving back to
Him the deposit which they have received. For they received from Him a
spirit free from fals...
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John 2:20 Then G3767 Jews G2453 said G2036 (G5627) forty-six G5062
G2532 G1803 years G2094 build...
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‘The Jews then said, ‘It has taken forty six years to build this
Temple, and will you raise it up in three days?' ”
The Judaisers were naturally taken aback. Did He really mean that if
they destroyed...
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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...
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John 2:20. THE JEWS THEREFORE SAID, FORTY AND SIX YEARS WAS THIS
TEMPLE IN BUILDING, AND WILT THOU RAISE IT UP IN THREE DAYS? They
answer only by another question, not an inquiry, but really an
indign...
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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...
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FORTY AND SIX YEARS WAS THIS TEMPLE IN BUILDING
(Τεσσερακοντα κα εξ ετεσιν οικοδομηθη
ο ναος ουτος). "Within forty and six years (associative
instrumental case) was built (first aorist passive indi...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 2:20 FORTY-SIX YEARS. Herod the Great’s
construction of the TEMPLE building (see note on v. 14) lasted from
20/19 to 18/17 B.C. The larger temple area was not
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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...
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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...
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_The Jews then said_, &c. There were three buildings of the Temple of
Jerusalem. The first was by Solomon, and occupied seven years. The
second was the rebuilding after its destruction by the Babyloni...
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_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...
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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....
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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,...
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Forty and six years was this temple in building [τ ε σ σ α ρ α
κ ο ν τ α κ α ι ε ξ ε τ ε σ ι ν ω κ ο δ ο μ η
θ η ο ν α ο ς ο υ τ ο ς]. Literally, In forty and six
years was this temple built. It was s...
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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...
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Forty and six years — Just so many years before the time of this
conversation, Herod the Great had begun his most magnificent
reparation of the temple, (one part after another,) which he continued
all...