John 2:18

So the Jews asked Him, "What proof of your authority do you exhibit to us, seeing that you do these things?"

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

In Context

17This recalled to His disciples the words of Scripture, "My zeal for Thy House will consume me."

19"Demolish this Sanctuary," said Jesus, "and in three days I will rebuild it."

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Cross References

Matthew 16:1Here the Pharisees and Sadducees came to Him; and, to make trial of Him, they asked Him to show them a sign in the sky.

Mark 8:11The Pharisees followed Him and began to dispute with Him, asking Him for a sign in the sky, to make trial of Him.

Luke 11:29Now when the crowds came thronging upon Him, He proceeded to say, "The present generation is a wicked generation: it requires some sign, but no sign shall be given to it except that of Jonah.

John 1:25Again they questioned him. "Why then do you baptize," they said, "if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"

Acts 4:7So they made the Apostles stand in the centre, and demanded of them, "By what power or in what name have you done 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 →

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