Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
John 2:19
Verse John 2:19. Destroy this temple] τον ναον τουτον, This very temple; perhaps pointing to his body at the same time.
Verse John 2:19. Destroy this temple] τον ναον τουτον, This very temple; perhaps pointing to his body at the same time.
DESTROY THIS TEMPLE - The evangelist informs us John 2:21 that by “temple,” here, he meant his body. It is not improbable that he pointed with his finger to his body as he spoke. The word “destroy,” u...
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...
DESTROY THIS TEMPLE, AND IN THREE DAYS. WILL RAISE IT UP. To the demand for. sign, made more than once during his ministry, this was his constant answer. Unbelief would do its work in destroying the t...
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)...
DESTROY, &c. The Lord's enemies remembered His words, and perverted them: saying, "I will destroy", &c. See Matthew 26:61; Mark 14:58. THIS. See on Matthew 16:18. TEMPLE. Greek. _naos._ See not
_Destroy this temple_ IT IS S. Matthew (Matthew 26:61) and S. Mark (Mark 14:58, see notes) who tell us that this saying was twisted into a charge against Christ, but they do not record the saying. S....
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...
ΛΎΣΑΤΕ Τ. ΝΑῸΝ Τ. The reply is “sudden as a flash of lightning;” (comp. [John 8:7]) and it leaves a lasting impression on all (Matthew 26:61; Matthew 27:40): but what it revealed was not comprehended...
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...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ, _см._ John 2:18. ΛΎΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΛΎΩ (G3089) уничтожать, разрушать. Над строительством работало больше 1000 рабочих (ABD, 6:365). Это _i...
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...
DESTROY THIS TEMPLE,— The miracle which our Lord had already performed, in driving the buyers and sellers out of the temple, was sufficient to convince them of the authority by which he made this refo...
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...
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, DESTROY THIS TEMPLE - not now the mere temple-court [ hieron (G2411...
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...
2:19 temple, (f-9) _ Naos_ . The house itself -- the shrine....
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...
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...
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...
Here, as in Matthew 12:38, a sign is given referring to His resurrection. The sign is in its nature an enigma, meaningless to him who does not seek to understand it, but full of meaning for him who ea...
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...
VER. 19. “ _Jesus answered and said unto them: Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up._ ” This answer of Jesus is sudden, like a flash of lightning. It springs from an immeasurable...
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...
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...
19._Destroy this temple. _This is an allegorical mode of expression; and Christ intentionally spoke with that degree of obscurity, because he reckoned them unworthy of a direct reply; as he elsewhere...
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...
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM,.... In a dark and enigmaticai way, though very properly and pertinently; since it was with respect to the temple, and his power over it, and right to purge it, that...
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Ver. 19. _Destroy this temple_] This was the same in effect with that sign of the prophet Jonah, Matthew...
_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...
THIS TEMPLE; meaning his body, verse John 2:21. I WILL RAISE IT UP; Jesus Christ had power to raise his own dead body to life, and actually did raise it on the third day after his death, according to...
The challenge of the Jews:...
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, DESTROY THIS TEMPLE; AND IN THREE DAYS I WILL RAISE IT UP....
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...
Our Saviour refuseth to give them any sign, but that of his resurrection the third day from the dead. This was the sign to which he afterwards refers the Pharisees, MATTHEW 12:39 LUKE 11:29. Our Savio...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans and again, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up; "[14] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V As also the Lord speaks in reference to Himself,...
John 2:19 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 Destroy G3089 ...
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...
‘Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy the Temple and in three days I will raise it up”.' Jesus' reply is straight and simple, ‘Destroy this Temple and in three days I will raise it up.' This enig...
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...
John 2:19. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, DESTROY THIS TEMPLE. The most important point for the understanding of this verse is the distinction between the two words which the English Bible renders...
DESTROY THIS TEMPLE (λυσατε τον ναον τουτον). First aorist active imperative of λυω, to loosen or destroy. It is the permissive imperative, not a command to do it. Note also ναος, not ιερον, the san...
John 2:19 The Destroyers and the Restorer. This is our Lord's answer to the Jewish request for a sign which should warrant His action in cleansing the Temple. "Destroy this temple," said our Lord, a...
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 2:19 I WILL RAISE IT UP implies that Jesus himself had a part in raising himself from the dead (see note on 10:17). Other verses mention that the Father and the Holy Spirit were also...
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...
_Jesus answered_, &c. Appositely does He prove His authority over the Temple by His power of rebuilding the Temple. _This Temple_, viz., His body, which Christ pointed out by moving His hand to His br...
_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,...
1 Corinthians 15:12; 1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Corinthians 15:4; 1 Peter 3:18;...
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...
This temple — Doubtless pointing, while he spoke, to his body, the temple and habitation of the Godhead....