John 2:17

And his disciples remembred, that it was written, The zeale of thine house hath eaten me vp.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

In Context

16And said vnto them that solde doues, Take these things hence: make not my fathers house, an house of marchandise.

18Then answered the Iewes, and saide vnto him, What signe shewest thou vnto vs, that thou doest these things?

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Cross References

Psalms 119:139My zeale hath euen consumed mee, because mine enemies haue forgotten thy wordes.

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 →

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