John 2:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And said unto them that sold doves,Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. ”

John 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 r...
John 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

not . Greek. me. App-105. Not the same word as in verses: John 2:2 ; John 2:9 ; John 2:12 ; John 2:24 ; John 2:25 . My Father's house . This was at the beginning of His ministry. At the end...
John 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise. At the second time that he drove the traders out of the Temple, the Evangelists relate that he used sharper and more severe language; f...
John 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
John 2:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Make not my Father's house, &c.— It is remarkable, that at this ejection of those who profaned the temple, our Saviour says, Make not my Father's house, &c. but when he repeated this mira...
John 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Fathe...
John 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 record...
John 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My Father’s house. — Some among those present now ( John 2:18 ) may have been present in that same house when He, a lad of twelve years, was there at the Passover, and after questions and answers,...
John 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
John 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
John 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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, o...
John 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 Je...
John 2:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘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 2:15-17 Though in the actual letter...
John 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And said unto them that sold doves ,.... For as these were kept in coups, or cages, they could not be drove, as the sheep and oxen, nor could they be let out, and fly, without the loss of the owners...
John 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. Ver. 16. And said to the dove sellers ] These (belike, as more tractable, and not...
John 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 co...
John 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 m...
John 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Temple-Merchandise Punished; Christ's Death and Resurrection Foretold. 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother,...
John 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

At this his first coming, he gives them that sold doves a liberty to take their goods away; but at the last coming, Matthew 21:12 , it is said, he overturned their seats. Those that think this pre...
John 2:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Cleansing of the Temple ( John 2:13-25 ). 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 fulfilmen...
John 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 o...
John 2:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

John 2:15-17 "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...
John 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Sido...
John 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
John 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verses 2:1-3:4 The testimony of signs to the glory of the Word made flesh. John 2:1-43 (1) The first sign, the beginning of signs, Mastery over the old creation. Sign o...
John 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The first purging of the Temple:
John 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:5 ; 2 Peter 2:14 ; 2 Peter 2:15 ; 2 Peter 2:3 ; Acts 19:24-27 ; Hosea 12:7 ; Hosea 12:8 ; Isaiah 56:5-11 ; Jeremiah 7:11 ; John 10:29 ; John 20:17 ; John 5:17 ; John 8:49 ;...
John 2:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Father's House John 2:12-22 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 Ca...

John 2:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 2:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 2:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 2:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 2:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 2:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 2:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 2:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 2:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 2:16 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John 2:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 2:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 2:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 2:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 2:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 2:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 2:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

John 2:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 2:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 2:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 2:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 2:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 2:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary