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John 2:15
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 changers' money, and overthrew the tables,
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 changers' money, and overthrew the tables,
JOHN 2:15 frage,llion {B} Several witnesses, including the two oldest (î66, 75 L Wsupp X 0162 ¦1 33 565 _al_), prefix w`j. If this word had been present in the original text, there is no good reason...
A SCOURGE - A whip. OF SMALL CORDS - This whip was made as an emblem of authority, and also for the purpose of driving from the temple the cattle which had been brought there for sale. There is no evi...
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...
MADE. SCOURGE OF SMALL CORDS. The original implies that it was made of rushes, which were carried in as bedding for cattle. It was not. formidable weapon of itself; was chosen more as. symbol, and wa...
THE NEW EXHILARATION (John 2:1-11)...
After this Jesus went down to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples; and they stayed there for a short time. The Passover Feast of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusa...
MADE. SCOURGE. plaited. whip. Occurs only here. OF. from. Greek. _ek._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: John 21:25. SMALL CORDS. rush-ropes. Greek. _schoinion._ Only here and in Acts 27:32....
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...
_when he had made a scourge_ Peculiar to this account; not in the similar narrative of the Synoptists. _and the sheep_, &c. Rather, BOTH _the sheep and the oxen_. -All" does not refer to the sellers a...
ΠΟΙΉΣΑΣ ΦΡ. Peculiar to this account: there is no such incident in the cleansing recorded by the Synoptists. The scourge was probably not used; to raise it would be enough. ΣΧΟΙΝΊΩΝ are literally _twi...
THE FIRST CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE...
Ver 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...
_JESUS' FIRST PASSOVER DURING HIS PERSONAL MINISTRY -- JOHN 2:12-17:_ Jesus' attendance at this Jewish feast showed His faithfulness and righteousness. His presence also declared the value of worship...
ΠΟΙΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. _Aor._ указывает на время, предшествующее времени действия основного гл. ΈΞΈΒΑΛΕΝ. ΦΡΑΓΈΛΛΙΟΝ (G5416) сечь, бить. В пределы храма нельзя было вносит...
A SCOURGE OF SMALL CORDS,— It has been very justly observed, that this circumstance, seemingly slight, is inserted to shew that the instrument could not have been the cause of so wonderful an effect....
CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE _Text 2:13-17_ 13 And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the...
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...
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 changers' money, and overthrew the tables; AND WHEN HE HAD MADE A...
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...
2:15 both (d-16) Or 'and.'...
FIRST PASSOVER AND FIRST CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. For a full commentary, see on Matthew 21:12. By a striking sign our Lord at the very outset of His ministry brought His claims before the whole nation...
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...
AND THE SHEEP, AND THE OXEN. — For this read, _both the sheep and the oxen._ The change is of only one word, but it gives an entirely different sense. The driving out with the scourge was not of “all...
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...
He drove them all out of the temple. According to St. John Chrysostom (hom. lxvii. in Matt.) this casting out was different from that which is there related, chap. xxi. ver. 12. (Witham) --- How could...
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. 15. “ _And having made a small scourge of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money and overthrew their tables._ ” This scourg...
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...
It was at Jerusalem and in the temple, that the Messiah's ministry must open. “The Lord whom ye seek,” Malachi had said (John 3:1-3), “shall enter _into his temple_.... he _shall purify_ the sons of L...
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...
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 Jer...
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...
_‘MY FATHER’S HOUSE’_ ‘And when He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple.… The zeal of Thine house hath eaten me up.’ John 2:15 Though in the actual letter of the t...
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...
AND WHEN HE HAD MADE A SCOURGE OF SMALL CORDS,.... That is, Jesus, as the Persic version expresses it. This scourge might be made either of thongs cut out of the hides of beasts slain in sacrifice; or...
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 changers' money, and overthrew the tables; Ver. 15. _And when he ha...
_And when he had made a scourge of small cords_ Εκσχοινιων, _of rushes_, rather, which he found strewed on the ground. This circumstance, seemingly slight, was inserted to show that the instrument cou...
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...
It concerns not us to inquire where our Saviour had the small cords, of which he made his whip; there were doubtless cords enough at hand, taken off from beasts brought thither, though he was himself...
Cyprian Treatise II On the Dress of Virgins And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever, even as God also abideth for ever."[21] Cyprian Trea...
John 2:15 G2532 made G4160 (G5660) whip G5416 of G1537 cords G4979 drove G1544 (G5627) all...
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...
‘And he made a scourge of cords and cast them all out of the Temple, both the sheep and the oxen, and he emptied out the changers' money and overthrew their tables, and to those who sold doves he said...
John 2:15. AND MAKING A SCOURGE OF CORDS, HE DROVE THEM ALL OUT OF THE TEMPLE-COURTS, AND THE SHEEP AND THE OXEN. The scourge was made for the expulsion of the animals, but by it Jesus also declared H...
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...
A SCOURGE OF CORDS (φραγελλιον εκ σχοινιων). The Latin _flagellum_. In papyri, here only in N.T. and note Latin _l_ becomes ρ in _Koine_. Σχοινιων is a diminutive of σχοινος (a rush), old word for...
John 2:15 "My Father's House.". I. In this passage we find our Lord, in the first instance, disconnecting, jealously disconnecting, all temporal from spiritual things; endeavouring to do away with th...
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...
HE MADE A WHIP FROM CORDS. Notice he used it on the animals. The whip was mostly _symbolic._ This is the first time he demonstrated his _authority._...
_The Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem._ CHRIST’S FIRST PASSOVER I. HIS ATTENDANCE AT THE PASSOVER, One of the three great annual festivals which all males were required to...
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...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 2:12. CAPERNAUM.—Cod. א, B, read καφαρ ναούμ, _i.e._ the kaphar or village of Nahum. Two sites especially have been fixed upon as the best representatives of the...
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,...
2 Corinthians 10:4; John 18:6; Zechariah 4:6...
A scourge [φ ρ α γ ε λ λ ι ο ν]. Only here in the New Testament. Only John records this detail. Of small cords [ε κ σ χ ο ι ν ι ω ν]. The Rev. omits small, but the word is a diminutive of scoinov, a r...
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...
Having made a scourge of rushes — (Which were strewed on the ground,) he drove all out of the temple, (that is, the court of it,) both the sheep and the oxen — Though it does not appear that he struck...