John 2:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Jesus answered and said unto them,Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. ”

John 2:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Destroy this temple - The evangelist informs us John 2:21 that by “temple,” here, he meant his body. It is not improbable that he pointed with his finger to his body as he spoke. The word “dest...
John 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Destroy, &c. The Lord's enemies remembered His words, and perverted them: saying, "I will destroy", &c. See Matthew 26:61 ; Mark 14:58 . this. See on Matthew 16:18 . Temple . Greek....
John 2:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. Destroy this temple. This is an allegorical mode of expression; and Christ intentionally spoke with that degree of obscurity, because he reckoned them unworthy of a direct reply; as he e...
John 2:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1607 THE RESURRECTION, A PROOF OF CHRIST’S MESSIAHSHIP John 2:18-19 . Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Je...
John 2:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Destroy this temple - Τον ναον τουτον, This very temple; perhaps pointing to his body at the same time.
John 2:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Destroy this temple,— The miracle which our Lord had already performed, in driving the buyers and sellers out of the temple, was sufficient to convince them of the authority by which he made this r...
John 2:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple - not now the mere temple-court х hieron...
John 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Here, as in Matthew 12:38 , a sign is given referring to His resurrection. The sign is in its nature an enigma, meaningless to him who does not seek to understand it, but full of meaning for him who...
John 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? (19) Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will r...
John 2:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jesus answered and said unto them ,.... In a dark and enigmaticai way, though very properly and pertinently; since it was with respect to the temple, and his power over it, and right to purge it, th...
John 2:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Ver. 19. Destroy this temple ] This was the same in effect with that sign of the prophet Jonah, Matt...
John 2:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then answered the Jews “A fact so public and remarkable as that just mentioned, could not but immediately come to the knowledge of the priests and rulers of the Jews, whose supreme council sat in a...
John 2:19 - 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 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Our Saviour refuseth to give them any sign, but that of his resurrection the third day from the dead. This was the sign to which he afterwards refers the Pharisees, Matthew 12:39 Luke 11:29 . Ou...
John 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 2:18 . The disciples saw in Christ’s action the fulfilment of the old Scripture, the Jews an excuse for a further demand for a sign. John 2:19 . Destroy thi...
John 2:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

John 2:19 The Destroyers and the Restorer. This is our Lord's answer to the Jewish request for a sign which should warrant His action in cleansing the Temple. "Destroy this temple," said our Lord...
John 2:19 - 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 2:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

What sign showest Thou? Christ and the rulers I. THE DISPUTE WHICH FOLLOWED HIS PROCEEDING IN THE TEMPLE. 1. The remonstrance addressed to Him by the Jews. The parties were the authorities o...
John 2:19 - 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 2:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The challenge of the Jews:
John 2:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:12 ; 1 Corinthians 15:3 ; 1 Corinthians 15:4 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ; Acts 2:24 ; Acts 2:32 ; Acts 3:15 ; Acts 3:26 ; Colossians 2:12 ; John 10:17 ; John 10:18 ; John 11:25 ; Jo...
John 2:19 - 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 2:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This temple — Doubtless pointing, while he spoke, to his body, the temple and habitation of the Godhead.

John 2:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John 2:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

John 2:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

John 2:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

John 2:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

John 2:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

John 2:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John 2:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

John 2:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

John 2:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John 2:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John 2:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John 2:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

John 2:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 2:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

John 2:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

John 2:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

John 2:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

John 2:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

John 2:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

John 2:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

John 2:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

John 2:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John 2:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 2:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

John 2:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes