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John 2:17
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And his disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for your house will consume me.
And his disciples remembred that it was written, The zeale of thine house hath eaten me vp.
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."
His disciples remembered that it was written: "ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME."
When this happened, the followers remembered what was written in the Scriptures: "My strong love for your Temple completely controls me."
His disciples remembered that it is written [in the Scriptures], "ZEAL (love, concern) FOR YOUR HOUSE [and its honor] WILL CONSUME ME."
His disciples remembered that it was written, "ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME."
His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for Your house will consume me."
His disciples remembered that it is written: "Zeal for Your house will consume Me."
(His talmidim later recalled that the Tanakh says, "Zeal for your house will devour me." )
[And] his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thy house devours me.
When this happened, his followers remembered what was written in the Scriptures: "My strong devotion to your Temple will destroy me."
And his disciples remembred, that it was written, The zeale of thine house hath eaten me vp.
And his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal for your house has given me courage.
His disciples remembered that the scripture says, "My devotion to your house, O God, burns in me like a fire."
His disciples remembered that it is written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."
And His disciples remembered that it was written, "The zeal of Your house has consumed Me." Psa. 69:9
His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.
And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.
His talmidim remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will eat me up."
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And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thy house hath devoured me.
And his disciples remembered, that it is written: The zeal of thy house hath devoured me.
And his disciples remembred that it was written: The zeale of thine house hath euen eaten me.
His disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house shall eat me up.
His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will eat me up."
And his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
This recalled to His disciples the words of Scripture, "My zeal for Thy House will consume me."
And hise disciplis hadden mynde, for it was writun, The feruent loue of thin hous hath etun me.
His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for your house shall eat me up.
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.
His disciples remembered that it was written, " Zeal for your house will devour me ."
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Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: "Passion for God's house will consume me."
Then His followers remembered that it was written in the Holy Writings, "I am jealous for the honor of Your house."
His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."
His disciples remembered that it was written - The zeal of thy house, eateth me up.
And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up.
His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for thy house will consume me."
And his disciples remembred how yt it was wrytten: the zele of thyne housse hath even eaten me.
And his disciples remembered that it is written, `The zeal of Thy house did eat me up;'
His disciples remembred it, that is wrytten: The zele of thine house hath euen eaten me.
which put his disciples in mind of that passage, "my zeal for thine house does prey upon me."
His cowboys remembered that it had been written long ago, "I'll protect my Daddy's place at all cost."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The zeal: Psalms 69:9, Psalms 119:139
Reciprocal: Numbers 25:13 - zealous 1 Samuel 4:22 - The glory 2 Samuel 7:2 - the ark 1 Kings 19:10 - very jealous 2 Kings 19:31 - the zeal Psalms 122:9 - the house Isaiah 59:17 - with zeal Luke 2:49 - my John 2:22 - his 2 Corinthians 7:11 - zeal 2 Corinthians 11:29 - and I burn Galatians 4:18 - it is Revelation 3:19 - be
Cross-References
So the heavens and the earth and everything else were created.
That's how God created the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,
But streams came up from the ground and watered the earth.
The Lord God placed all kinds of beautiful trees and fruit trees in the garden. Two other trees were in the middle of the garden. One of the trees gave life—the other gave the power to know the difference between right and wrong.
From Eden a river flowed out to water the garden, then it divided into four rivers.
where pure gold, rare perfumes, and precious stones are found.
The second is the Gihon River that winds through Ethiopia.
The Lord God said, "It isn't good for the man to live alone. I need to make a suitable partner for him."
So the Lord God made him fall into a deep sleep, and he took out one of the man's ribs. Then after closing the man's side,
"How did you know you were naked?" God asked. "Did you eat any fruit from that tree in the middle of the garden?"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And his disciples remembered that it was written,.... In
Psalms 69:9, which Psalm belongs to the Messiah, as is manifest from the citations out of it in the New Testament, and the application of them to Christ, as in John 15:25, compared with
Psalms 69:4. Christ is represented in it, as suffering for the sins of his people; for he himself was innocent; and was hated without a cause; but having the sins of his people imputed to him, he made satisfaction for them, and so restored what he took not away. His sufferings are spoken of in it as very great; and from it we learn, that they are fitly called, by himself, a baptism, which he desired to be baptized with, Luke 12:50, since the waters are said to come into his soul, and he to be in deep waters, where the floods overflowed him; so that he was as one immersed in them: it is not only prophesied of him in it, that he should be the object of the scorn and contempt of the Jewish nation, and be rejected by them, and treated with the utmost indignity, and loaded with reproaches; but it foretold, that they should give him gall to eat, and vinegar to drink, which were literally fulfilled in him: and even the Jews themselves seem to be under some conviction, that the Psalm has respect to him; for Aben Ezra, a noted commentator of theirs, on the last words of the Psalm, has this note;
"the sense is, they and their children shall inherit it in the days of David, or in the days of the Messiah.''
It appears from hence, that the disciples of Christ were acquainted with the sacred writings, and had diligently read them, and searched into them, and had made them their study; and upon this wonderful action of Christ, called to mind, and reflected upon the following passage of Scripture, which they judged very proper and pertinent to him:
the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. This passage, so far as it is cited, agrees exactly, word for word, with the original text in
Psalms 69:9, wherefore it is very strange that Surenhusius f should remark a difference, and give himself a good deal of trouble to reconcile it: he observes, that in the Hebrew text, it is read, יהוה
קנאת, "the zeal of the Lord", in the third person; whereas it is there, קנאת ביתך, "the zeal of thine house", as here, in the second person: indeed, the word כי, "for", is left out, as he remarks, there being no need of it in the citation; the evangelist only historically relating the accommodation of it to Christ, by the disciples; whereas in the original text, the words contain a reason of the reproach and shame which Christ endured, and was put to by the Jews on account of his zeal for the house, honour, and worship of God; and the latter part of the text is not produced at all, being not for the present purpose, though very applicable to Christ; and is cited, and applied to him by the apostle, in Romans 15:3. Such was Christ's regard to his Father's house, and which was typical of the church of God; and such his concern for his honour, ordinances, and worship, that when he saw the merchandise that was carried on in the temple, his zeal, which was a true and hearty affection for God, and was according to knowledge, was stirred up in him, and to such a degree, that it was like a consuming fire within him, that ate up his spirits; so that he could not forbear giving it vent, and expressing it in the manner he did, by driving those traders out of it. Phinehas and Elias were in their zeal, as well as other things, types of Christ; and in the Spirit and power of the latter he came; and Christ not only expressed a zeal for the house of God, the place of religious worship, but for the church and people of God, whose salvation he most earnestly desired, and most zealously pursued: he showed his strong, and affectionate regard to it, by his suretyship engagements for them, by his assumption of their nature, by his ardent desire to accomplish it, and by his voluntary and cheerful submission to death on account of it. And such was his zeal for it, that it eat him up, it inflamed his Spirit and affections, consumed his time and strength, and, at last, his life: and he also showed a zeal for the discipline of God's house, by his severe reflections on human traditions; by asserting the spirituality of worship; by commanding a strict regard to divine institutions; and by sharply inveighing against the sins of professors of religion: and he discovered a warm zeal for the truths of the Gospel, by a lively and powerful preaching of them; by his constancy and assiduity in it; by the many fatiguing journeys he took for that purpose; by the dangers he exposed himself to by it; and by the care he took to free the Gospel from prejudice and calumnies: and it becomes us, in imitation of our great master, to be zealous for his truths and ordinances, and for the discipline of his house, and not bear with either the erroneous principles, or the bad practices of wicked men.
f Biblos Katallages, p. 347.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
It was written ... - This is recorded in Psalms 69:9. Its meaning is, that he was affected with great zeal or concern for the pure worship of God.
The zeal of thine house - “Zeal” is intense ardor in reference to any object. The “zeal of thine house” means extraordinary concern for the temple of God; intense solicitude that the worship there should be pure, and such as God would approve.
Hath eaten me up - Hath absorbed me, or engaged my entire attention and affection; hath surpassed all other feelings, so that it may be said to be the one great absorbing affection and desire of the mind. Here is an example set for ministers and for all Christians. In Jesus this was the great commanding sentiment of his life. In us it should be also. In this manifestation of zeal he began and ended his ministry. In this we should begin and end our lives. We learn, also, that ministers of religion should aim to purify the church of God. Wicked men, conscience-smitten, will tremble when they see proper zeal in the ministers of Jesus Christ; and there is no combination of wicked men, and no form of depravity, that can stand before the faithful, zealous, pure preaching of the gospel. The preaching of every minister should be such that wicked men will feel that they must either become Christians or leave the house of God, or spend their lives there in the consciousness of guilt and the fear of hell.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 2:17. The zeal of thine house — See Psalms 59:10. Zeal to promote thy glory, and to keep thy worship pure.
