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John 2:16 KJV
John · chapter 2 · verse 16
And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.John 2:16 · King James Version
John 2:16 in context
14And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15And 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;
16And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.
17And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
18Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
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Key words (Strong's)
- Father'spatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- dovesperisteraa doveG4058 →
- henceenteuthenfrom this place, hence, on the one side and on the other, on each sideG1782 →
- houseoikosa house, an inhabited house, home, any building whatever, of a palace, the house of God…G3624 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- soldpōleōto barter, to sell, sellersG4453 →
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Here we have, I. The short visit Christ made to Capernaum, Joh 2:12. It was a large and populous city, about a day's journey from Cana; it is called his own city (Mat 9:1), because he made it his head-quarters in Galilee, and what little rest he had was there.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-22