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Stop turning my Father&#8217s house into a market!&#8221 <a href="/nlt/john/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!” <a href="/esv/john/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” <a href="/bsb/john/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!” <a href="/blb/john/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And to those selling doves He said, "Take these things from here! Do not make My Father's house a house of trade." <a href="/kjv/john/2.htm">King James Bible</a> And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. <a href="/nkjv/john/2.htm">New King James Version</a> And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” <a href="/nasb_/john/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away from here; stop making My Father’s house a place of business!” <a href="/nasb/john/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> and to those who were selling the doves He said, &#8220Take these things away; stop making My Father&#8217s house a place of business.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/john/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a house of merchandise.” <a href="/lsb/john/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and to those who were selling the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making My Father’s house a place of business.” <a href="/amp/john/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> then to those who sold the doves He said, “Take these things away! Stop making My Father’s house a place of commerce!” <a href="/csb/john/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He told those who were selling doves, “Get these things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace! ” <a href="/hcsb/john/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He told those who were selling doves, &#8220Get these things out of here! Stop turning My Father&#8217s house into a marketplace!&#8221 <a href="/asv/john/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. <a href="/cev/john/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jesus said to the people who had been selling doves, "Get those doves out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace." <a href="/erv/john/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. <a href="/gwt/john/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He told those who sold pigeons, "Pick up this stuff, and get it out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!" <a href="/gnt/john/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> and he ordered those who sold the pigeons, "Take them out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!" <a href="/isv/john/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then he told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!" <a href="/msb/john/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> To those selling doves He said, ?Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father?s house into a marketplace!? <a href="/net/john/2.htm">NET Bible</a> To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!" <a href="/nheb/john/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here. Do not make my Father's house a marketplace." <a href="/wbt/john/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence: make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. <a href="/wey/john/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And to the pigeon-dealers He said, "Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's house into a market." <a href="/web/john/2.htm">World English Bible</a> To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and He said to those selling the doves, “Take these things from here; do not make the house of My Father a house of merchandise.” <a href="/blb/john/2.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> And to those selling doves He said, "Take these things from here! Do not make My Father's house a house of trade." <a href="/ylt/john/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and to those selling the doves he said, 'Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.' <a href="/slt/john/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he said to those selling doves, Take away these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And to them that sold doves he said: Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic. <a href="/cpdv/john/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And to those who were selling doves, he said: “Take these things out of here, and do not make my Father’s house into a house of commerce.” <a href="/nabre/john/2.htm">New American Bible</a> and to those who sold doves he said, “Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.” <a href="/nrsvce/john/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And to those who sold doves he said, Take these away from here; do not make my Father’s house a house of trading. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/2.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> And to those who had been selling doves he said: “Take these things out of here, and do not make my Father's house a house of trade.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/2.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> and said to those who sold doves: Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. <a href="/godbey/john/2.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And He said to those selling doves; <FR>Take these things hence, make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/2.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> and said to those who sold doves, Take these hence; make not my Father?s house a house of merchandise. <a href="/mace/john/2.htm">Mace New Testament</a> away with these things; make not my father's house a market-house. <a href="/wey/john/2.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> And to the pigeon-dealers He said, "Take these things away. Do not turn my Father's house into a market." <a href="/worrell/john/2.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> and to those selling doves, He said, <FR>"Take these things hence! make not My Father's house a house of merchandise!"<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/2.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> And said to them that sold doves, <FR>Take away these <Fr>things<FR> from hence, and make not my Father's house an house of traffick.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/2-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=528" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/2.htm">Jesus Cleanses the Temple</a> …15So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16<a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tois (Art-DMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">To those</a> <a href="/greek/4453.htm" title="4453: pōlousin (V-PPA-DMP) -- To sell, exchange, barter. Probably ultimately from pelomai; to barter, i.e. To sell.">selling</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tas (Art-AFP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/4058.htm" title="4058: peristeras (N-AFP) -- A dove, pigeon. Of uncertain derivation; a pigeon.">doves</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">He said,</a> <a href="/greek/142.htm" title="142: Arate (V-AMA-2P) -- To raise, lift up, take away, remove. ">“Get</a> <a href="/greek/3778.htm" title="3778: tauta (DPro-ANP) -- This; he, she, it. ">these</a> <a href="/greek/1782.htm" title="1782: enteuthen (Adv) -- Hence, from this place, on this side and on that. From the same as enthade; hence; on both sides.">out of here!</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">How dare you</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: poieite (V-PMA-2P) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">turn</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Patros (N-GMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father’s</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ton (Art-AMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3624.htm" title="3624: oikon (N-AMS) -- A dwelling; by implication, a family.">house into</a> <a href="/greek/3624.htm" title="3624: oikon (N-AMS) -- A dwelling; by implication, a family.">a marketplace!” </a> <a href="/greek/1712.htm" title="1712: emporiou (N-GNS) -- A place of traffic, mart, market, market-house. Neuter from emporos; a mart."></a> 17His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Matthew 21:12-13</a> Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” <a href="/mark/11-15.htm">Mark 11:15-17</a> When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. / Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” <a href="/luke/19-45.htm">Luke 19:45-46</a> Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. / He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’” <a href="/jeremiah/7-11.htm">Jeremiah 7:11</a> Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a> I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.” <a href="/malachi/3-1.htm">Malachi 3:1-3</a> “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts. / But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap. / And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. <a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">Psalm 69:9</a> because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. <a href="/zechariah/14-21.htm">Zechariah 14:21</a> Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/matthew/23-38.htm">Matthew 23:38</a> Look, your house is left to you desolate. <a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16-17</a> Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. <a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">1 Peter 4:17</a> For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God? <a href="/john/4-21.htm">John 4:21-24</a> “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. / You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. / But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. ... <a href="/acts/7-48.htm">Acts 7:48-50</a> However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: / ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be? / Has not My hand made all these things?’ <a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-12</a> But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. / He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. <a href="/revelation/21-22.htm">Revelation 21:22</a> But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.make.<a href="/isaiah/56-5.htm">Isaiah 56:5-11</a> Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off… <a href="/jeremiah/7-11.htm">Jeremiah 7:11</a> Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.<a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Hosea 12:7,8</a> He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress… my.<a href="/john/5-17.htm">John 5:17</a> But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.<a href="/john/8-49.htm">John 8:49</a> Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.<a href="/john/10-29.htm">John 10:29</a> My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/2-14.htm">Business</a> <a href="/luke/20-40.htm">Dare</a> <a href="/john/2-14.htm">Doves</a> <a href="/john/1-18.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/luke/16-26.htm">Hence</a> <a href="/luke/24-12.htm">House</a> <a href="/john/2-15.htm">Making</a> <a href="/luke/20-46.htm">Market</a> <a href="/luke/7-32.htm">Marketplace</a> <a href="/mark/11-16.htm">Merchandise</a> <a href="/mark/11-15.htm">Pigeon-Dealers</a> <a href="/john/2-14.htm">Pigeons</a> <a href="/john/2-14.htm">Selling</a> <a href="/john/2-14.htm">Sold</a> <a href="/luke/23-28.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/luke/19-13.htm">Trade</a> <a href="/john/2-14.htm">Trading</a> <a href="/luke/24-52.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/15-15.htm">Business</a> <a href="/john/9-34.htm">Dare</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-14.htm">Doves</a> <a href="/john/5-43.htm">Father's</a> <a href="/john/7-3.htm">Hence</a> <a href="/john/2-17.htm">House</a> <a href="/john/4-1.htm">Making</a> <a href="/john/5-2.htm">Market</a> <a href="/acts/16-19.htm">Marketplace</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-3.htm">Merchandise</a> <a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Pigeon-Dealers</a> <a href="/leviticus/1-14.htm">Pigeons</a> <a href="/acts/2-45.htm">Selling</a> <a href="/john/12-5.htm">Sold</a> <a href="/john/5-14.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/acts/18-3.htm">Trade</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Trading</a> <a href="/john/12-22.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">John 2</div>1. <a href="/john/2-1.htm">Jesus turns water into wine;</a> 12. <a href="/john/2-12.htm">departs into Capernaum,</a> 13. <a href="/john/2-13.htm">and to Jerusalem,</a> 14. <a href="/john/2-14.htm">where he purges the temple of buyers and sellers.</a> 18. <a href="/john/2-18.htm">He foretells his death and resurrection.</a> 23. <a href="/john/2-23.htm">Many believe because of his miracles, but he will not trust himself with them.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>To those selling doves He said In the context of the Temple, doves were often sold for sacrifices, particularly for those who could not afford more expensive offerings like lambs (<a href="/leviticus/5-7.htm">Leviticus 5:7</a>). The sellers of doves were likely exploiting the poor by charging exorbitant prices. Jesus addressing them directly highlights His concern for justice and righteousness, especially for the marginalized. This act also fulfills the prophetic role of the Messiah as one who purifies and restores true worship (<a href="/malachi/3.htm">Malachi 3:1-3</a>).Get these out of here! This command demonstrates Jesus' authority over the Temple, which was the center of Jewish religious life. His actions echo the prophetic tradition of cleansing and reforming religious practices (<a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-11</a>). The forceful removal of the merchants signifies a rejection of the commercialization of sacred spaces, emphasizing the need for purity in worship.How dare you turn My Father’s house By referring to the Temple as "My Father’s house," Jesus asserts His unique relationship with God, implying His divine sonship. This phrase connects to the broader theme of Jesus' identity as the Son of God, a central tenet of Christian belief (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>). The Temple, as God's dwelling place, was meant to be a house of prayer (<a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a>), not a place of commerce.into a marketplace! The transformation of the Temple into a marketplace symbolizes the corruption and spiritual decay present in the religious leadership of the time. This critique aligns with the prophetic tradition of condemning empty rituals and the exploitation of religious practices for personal gain (<a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a>). Jesus' actions foreshadow the eventual replacement of the Temple with Himself as the new center of worship (<a href="/john/4-21.htm">John 4:21-24</a>), highlighting the shift from physical structures to spiritual worship in the New Covenant.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The central figure in this passage, Jesus is demonstrating His authority and zeal for the sanctity of the temple. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a> The sacred place of worship for the Jewish people, which had been turned into a marketplace by merchants. 3. <a href="/topical/m/merchants_and_money_changers.htm">Merchants and Money Changers</a> Individuals conducting business within the temple, selling animals for sacrifices and exchanging currency. 4. <a href="/topical/d/doves.htm">Doves</a> Specific animals mentioned in the passage, often used in sacrifices, especially by those who were poor. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a> Followers of Jesus who witnessed this event and later recalled the scripture about zeal for God's house.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/z/zeal_for_god's_house.htm">Zeal for God's House</a> Jesus' actions demonstrate the importance of maintaining the sanctity and purpose of places dedicated to worship. Believers are called to respect and honor their places of worship. <a href="/topical/r/righteous_anger.htm">Righteous Anger</a> Jesus' response to the corruption in the temple shows that there is a place for righteous anger when God's holiness is compromised. Believers should discern when to stand against practices that dishonor God. <a href="/topical/p/purity_in_worship.htm">Purity in Worship</a> The cleansing of the temple serves as a reminder to keep our worship pure and focused on God, free from distractions and commercialism. <a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection.htm">Personal Reflection</a> Just as Jesus cleansed the temple, believers are encouraged to examine their own lives and remove anything that hinders their relationship with God. <a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a> The church community should hold each other accountable to ensure that their collective worship and practices honor God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 2</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_bsb.htm">Will zeal for your house consume me?</a> <a href="/q/who_is_the_author_of_the_book_of_joel.htm">Is the love of the Father absent in him?</a> <a href="/q/will_zeal_for_your_house_consume_me.htm">Will zeal for your house consume me?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_satan_tempt_individuals.htm">How does Satan tempt individuals?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) My Father's house.--Some among those present now (<a href="/john/2-18.htm" title="Then answered the Jews and said to him, What sign show you to us, seeing that you do these things?">John 2:18</a>) 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, higher and deeper than these doctors could grasp, claimed God as His true Father (<a href="/luke/2-49.htm" title="And he said to them, How is it that you sought me? knew you not that I must be about my Father's business?">Luke 2:49</a>). What that repeated claim meant now must have been clear to all. Their own messengers had brought them John's witness; later reports must have come before, and come with, the crowd of Galilaean pilgrims; the disciples are themselves with Him (<a href="/john/2-17.htm" title="And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of your house has eaten me up.">John 2:17</a>), and their hearts are too full for silence; but there was more than all this. Those expounders of the oracles of God who remembered that Elijah was to come before the day of the Lord, must have remembered, too, that the Lord was to come to this Temple, like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap (<a href="/context/malachi/3-1.htm" title="Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, said the LORD of hosts.">Malachi 3:1-3</a>; <a href="/malachi/4-5.htm" title="Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:">Malachi 4:5</a>). That fire was in their midst, and from that Presence buyers and sellers and changers shrunk back in awe, none daring to resist; that cleansing was then taking place, and the Son was claiming the sanctity and reverence due to His Father's house. He has before claimed to be Son of Man. The Messianic title is publicly claimed before the official representatives of the people at the great national festival, in the Temple, at Jerusalem. If, while this scene is fresh is our minds, we think again of the marriage at Cana, we shall feel how different the manifestations are, and that this latter was not, and was not intended to be, a public declaration of His person and work. Now we understand what seemed hard before, that the assertion "Mine hour is not yet come" (<a href="/john/2-4.htm" title="Jesus said to her, Woman, what have I to do with you? my hour is not yet come.">John 2:4</a>) immediately precedes the first sign. This sign was at a family gathering known only to few, probably not to all who were there, for "the ruler knew not whence it was" (<a href="/john/2-9.htm" title="When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not from where it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,">John 2:9</a>), and no effect is described as resulting from it, except that the little band of disciples believed (<a href="/john/2-11.htm" title="This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.">John 2:11</a>). The "forth," which in the English version seems to mark an effect upon others, is not found in the Greek. It is within the circle of the other Gospel narratives, but is included in none of them. It left no such impression in the mind of St. Peter as to lead him to include it in the Gospel of his interpreter, St. Mark, or upon Mary herself as to lead her to include it in the answers she must have given to the questions of St. Luke. It was, indeed, the first sign in Cana of Galilee, but the scene before us is the announcement to the world. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - And he said to those that sold the doves. The vendors of tethered or caged birds were as guilty of profanation as the rest. Some sentimental comments have gathered round this verse, as though the Lord were more tender in his treatment of the turtle doves than in that of the oxen or sheep. But there would be no meaning in such a distinction. No other way of scattering the doves was so simple as to command their removal. At "the Ammergan Passion play," the doves are let loose, fly away over the heads of the audience, and disappear. The lifting of the scourge, accompanied, doubtless, with words of solemn warning and command, said in effect what he now put into words. Take these things hence. Make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise. In this act our Lord simply assumed the role of any and every Hebrew prophet. The Talmud enjoins the sanctity for which the Saviour pleads. He called the temple "my Father's house" (cf. <a href="/luke/2-49.htm">Luke 2:49</a>), and therefore claims especially to be the Son of God Most High. The Eternal, the Holy One of Israel, stands in this mysterious relationship to him. He does not say, "our Father's house." When, however, alter the second cleansing of the temple, he spake of the temple, from which he finally withdrew (<a href="/matthew/23-38.htm">Matthew 23:38</a>), he called it by no other name than "your house," "left unto you desolate." Moreover, on that subsequent occasion, he used, in place of "house of merchandise," the bitter description, "den of robbers" (<a href="/matthew/21-13.htm">Matthew 21:13</a>). This first act was reformatory of a gross abuse; the latter was judicial and condemnatory (see Hengstenberg, 'Christology' and 'Comm.,' <a href="/zechariah/14-21.htm">Zechariah 14:21</a>; <a href="/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11</a>; <a href="/malachi/3-1.htm">Malachi 3:1</a>). Archdeacon Watkins has wisely called attention to the contrast between this scene and sign and that given at Cana. Here we see how true it was that his hour had not yet come. <a href="/commentaries/john/2-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>To those τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. selling πωλοῦσιν (pōlousin) Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4453.htm">Strong's 4453: </a> To sell, exchange, barter. Probably ultimately from pelomai; to barter, i.e. To sell. doves περιστερὰς (peristeras) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4058.htm">Strong's 4058: </a> A dove, pigeon. Of uncertain derivation; a pigeon. He said, εἶπεν (eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. “Get Ἄρατε (Arate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_142.htm">Strong's 142: </a> To raise, lift up, take away, remove. these ταῦτα (tauta) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> This; he, she, it. out of here! ἐντεῦθεν (enteuthen) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_1782.htm">Strong's 1782: </a> Hence, from this place, on this side and on that. From the same as enthade; hence; on both sides. How dare you μὴ (mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. turn ποιεῖτε (poieite) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Father’s Πατρός (Patros) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. house {into} οἶκον (oikon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3624.htm">Strong's 3624: </a> A dwelling; by implication, a family. a marketplace!” οἶκον (oikon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3624.htm">Strong's 3624: </a> A dwelling; by implication, a family. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/2-16.htm">NT Gospels: John 2:16 To those who sold the doves he (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/2-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 2:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 2:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/2-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 2:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 2:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>