John 2:18
In response the Jews said to him, “What sign can yoʋ show us to prove yoʋr authority to do these things?”
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In Context
17And his disciples remembered that it is written, “Zeal for yoʋr house will consume me.”
19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Cross References
Matthew 16:1Now the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus, asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
Mark 8:11Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him.
Luke 11:29Now as the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, “This generation is evil. It asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
John 1:25Then they asked him, “Why then do yoʋ baptize if yoʋ are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
Acts 4:7After making Peter and John stand before them, they began to question them: “By what power or by what name did you do this?”
Matthew Henry on John 2:13-23
Temple-Merchandise Punished; Christ's Death and Resurrection Foretold. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. 13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the… Read the whole commentary →